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Rachel Lowe
Rachel Tanya Lowe MBE (born August, 1977) is a British serial entrepreneur and board games developer. She is best known for developing the Destination series of games, including editions for Toy Story, the London 2012 Olympic Games and Downton Abbey.
She is the founder of Rachel Lowe Games & Puzzles, a company that creates board games under license for brands such as The Elf on the Shelf and Call the Midwife.
Lowe was born in Portsmouth in August 1977, and attended St Edmund's Catholic School and Havant and South Downs College.
While working as a taxi driver and mother-of-two, she developed an idea for a taxi-themed board game. A passenger, a university lecturer, encouraged her to attend university. She enrolled for a degree in Law and Business as a mature student at the University of Portsmouth.
In 2003, Lowe founded board games designer and publisher RTL Games. She funded production of the board game through an enterprise competition at the University of Portsmouth, and sponsorship deals with local companies.
In September 2004, she appeared in the inaugural British series of Dragons' Den. After struggling to answer questions on the company's finances and the size of the market, her pitch was rejected.
Toy retailer Hamleys launched the first edition, Destination London, for Christmas 2004. The game sold 2,500 copies and was the store's most-sold game of the year, beating classic games like Monopoly. Further versions were produced.
RTL Games entered administration in May 2009. Lowe lost her house and suffered a nervous breakdown. The company's demise was covered by a 2010 BBC Panorama investigation on bank irresponsibility. She Who Dares UK Ltd later acquired the Destination brand and produced further editions of the game, including Destination Hogwarts, Destination London 2012 and Destination Downton Abbey.
Rachel Lowe
Rachel Tanya Lowe MBE (born August, 1977) is a British serial entrepreneur and board games developer. She is best known for developing the Destination series of games, including editions for Toy Story, the London 2012 Olympic Games and Downton Abbey.
She is the founder of Rachel Lowe Games & Puzzles, a company that creates board games under license for brands such as The Elf on the Shelf and Call the Midwife.
Lowe was born in Portsmouth in August 1977, and attended St Edmund's Catholic School and Havant and South Downs College.
While working as a taxi driver and mother-of-two, she developed an idea for a taxi-themed board game. A passenger, a university lecturer, encouraged her to attend university. She enrolled for a degree in Law and Business as a mature student at the University of Portsmouth.
In 2003, Lowe founded board games designer and publisher RTL Games. She funded production of the board game through an enterprise competition at the University of Portsmouth, and sponsorship deals with local companies.
In September 2004, she appeared in the inaugural British series of Dragons' Den. After struggling to answer questions on the company's finances and the size of the market, her pitch was rejected.
Toy retailer Hamleys launched the first edition, Destination London, for Christmas 2004. The game sold 2,500 copies and was the store's most-sold game of the year, beating classic games like Monopoly. Further versions were produced.
RTL Games entered administration in May 2009. Lowe lost her house and suffered a nervous breakdown. The company's demise was covered by a 2010 BBC Panorama investigation on bank irresponsibility. She Who Dares UK Ltd later acquired the Destination brand and produced further editions of the game, including Destination Hogwarts, Destination London 2012 and Destination Downton Abbey.