Dean Nathanson: I owe my fortune to Princess Diana

A chance paparazzi snap of the Princess of Wales led to an avalanche of orders for Dean Nathanson's rejuvenation machines.

The early 1990s weren't a great time to be a commercial-property lawyer. Recession was biting and work was drying up. Despite only being two years out of law school, Dean Nathanson decided it was time to look for another way to make money.

His girlfriend told him about a revolutionary new American technology for treating Bell's palsy, a form of facial paralysis. It involved using a Computer Aided Cosmetology Instrument (CACI) to send high frequency, low voltage pulses of electricity into muscles, which then stimulated circulation and encouraged them to repair. Nathanson was so convinced he "went over to America and signed a deal for exclusive sales rights in Britain".

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James McKeigue

James graduated from Keele University with a BA (Hons) in English literature and history, and has a certificate in journalism from the NCTJ. James has worked as a freelance journalist in various Latin American countries.He also had a spell at ITV, as welll as wring for Television Business International and covering the European equity markets for the Forbes.com London bureau. James has travelled extensively in emerging markets, reporting for international energy magazines such as Oil and Gas Investor, and institutional publications such as the Commonwealth Business Environment Report. He is currently the managing editor of LatAm INVESTOR, the UK's only Latin American finance magazine.