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Paul Buck

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Member at Progressive Leaders
📍 England, United Kingdom

Paul Buck is the CEO and Founder of EPIC Global Solutions, a consultancy dedicated to preventing gambling-related harm. Leveraging his personal experience of overcoming a severe gambling addiction, he established the company to educate and advise high-risk sectors globally. Paul is the GBEA Global Entrepreneur of the Year for 2025 and studied at the University of Leeds.

Outside of his primary role, Paul founded the EPIC Restart Foundation to support others recovering from gambling addiction. His personal journey is his professional motivation, and he frequently shares his story to raise awareness. He is a fan of the Rocky film series and the band Oasis, and supports the Preston North End football club.

Inspired by his own recovery, Paul founded his global company after experiencing a 17-year pathological gambling disorder that he kept entirely secret.

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England, United Kingdom
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Gambling Harm Prevention
He founded EPIC Global Solutions, a leading consultancy focused on preventing gambling harm, based on his own lived experience of addiction and recovery.
Social Entrepreneurship
He built a commercially sustainable, socially driven business and was named GBEA's Global Entrepreneur of the Year in 2025.
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Career

Work history

1-2024 - 5-2026
Member
Progressive Leaders
5-2022 - 4-2025
Director
TrueNorthDevelopment
12-2020 - 1-2023
Founder & Board Trustee
EPIC Restart Foundation
5-2018 - 11-2023
Member
Vistage Worldwide, Inc.
9-2015 - 5-2018
Member
Academy for Chief Executives
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Education
1994 - 1997
Sport
University of Leeds
2018 - 2019
Barclays Scale Up Programme
Cambridge Judge Business School
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