Rachel Lowe

Rachel Lowe

Rachel Lowe, born in 1977, attended the University of Portsmouth in order to earn a law degree. As a student she had a part time job as a taxi driver which is when she came up with the idea of the board game "Destination Portsmouth".cite news
title=TV Show loser has last laugh
url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-16223653-details/TV+show+loser+has+last+laugh/article.do
publisher=Evening Standard
last=Milne
first=Jamie
date=2005-01-30
accessdate=2008-03-26
] She continued the idea "Destination London", which is now one of the top selling games at Hamleys, beating "Monopoly" and "Twister".

She appeared on the BBC2 television show "Dragons' Den" in the UK where her pitch for investment was rejected. However, she believes the exposure was what enabled her to succeed with the board game, even though the investors on the show criticised her in a variety of ways. [cite news
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6314837.stm
publisher=BBC News Magazine
title=Pass go, collect £2m
last=Heald
first=Claire
date=2007-02-07
accessdate=2008-03-26
]

References

External links

* [http://www.destinationgame.com "Destination" game website]


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