NOW THIS.
THIS MAN CAME TO AMERICA AND
CAME AS A TAX TOUR STAGE CREW
MEMBER FOR THE ROCK 'N ROLL
LEGEND.
THIS MAN IS JOHN CAMPION, HE'S
WITH APR ENERGY AS A CHAIR BUT
>> TWENTY YEARS OLD.
JUNE 6, 1924 FROM IRELAND AND
MOST OF MY GENERATION FROM
IRELAND AND ENGLAND WE WENT
AMERICA OR CANADA.
I ENDED UP IN LOS ANGELES AND
ENDED UP WORKING FOR DAVID BOWIE
ENDED UP WORKING FOR DAVID BOWI
BOWIE.
STUART: ARE YOU A CREW MEMBER?
>> I WAS A LIGHTING DIET WHICH
MORPHED INTO AN OPPORTUNITY.
YOU GO LEFT OR RIGHT AND IT'S A
RISK TO GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
I WAS WONDERFUL.
THAT PARLAYED INTO WORKING WITH
MICHAEL JACKSON AND HE NEEDED
ANGEL INVESTORS AND VENTURE
CAPITAL SO MY FIRST MONEY TO
BUILD THE BUSINESS WAS FRONTED
TO ME BY MICHAEL.
$100,000.
STUART: HE FRONTED $100,000 -
MICHAEL JACKSON?
THEY WERE GREAT PEOPLE.
STUART: WHAT WAS THE MONEY FOR?
TO BUILD MACHINES, POWER
GENERATORS.
I BUILT THIS POWER GENERATION
COMPANY AT 24 YEARS OLD AND NOW
AND I HAD LEFT COURT IN 84 IN
IRELAND AND I'M BACK IN 1988
WITH MICHAEL JACKSON PLAYING IN
CORK TO TWO SOLD-OUT SHOWS IN
THE POWER GENERATION POWER AND
THE WHOLE SHOW WAS MY.
STUART: AND THAT'S WHAT APR
ENERGY IS, ISN'T IT?
>> NO, I SOLD THAT BUSINESS TO
GENERAL ELECTRIC AND BOUGHT
ANOTHER BUSINESS LONG STORY
SHORT, I BOUGHT AND STARTED APR
ENERGY 2004 AND BUILD IT UP TO
ABOUT 500 MILLION-DOLLAR
BUSINESS AND WENT PUBLIC IN THE
UK.
STUART: THIS IS A TYPICAL
VARNEY?
DID.
I SOLD IT FOR QUITE A BIT.
5 MILLION?
>> I DID VERY WELL.
STUART: THAT IMPLIES YOU MADE
$1 MILLION AT LEAST.
>> I DID WELL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
LONG STORY SHORT, I START
ANOTHER BUSINESS AND WITH GREAT
PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH ME ANGRY
CUSTOMERS WE BUILT THAT BUSINESS
UP AND APR ENERGY SLICED
STUART: THAT'S A COMMERCIAL FOR
A COMPANY.
>> NO, HERE'S MY STORY.
TO GO FROM MICHAEL JACKSON WHO
TOOK A BET ON ME, 24 YEARS OLD
AND INVESTED IN ME AND NOW WE
WERE ABLE TO PUT POWER IN PUERTO
RICO AFTER THE HURRICANE.
MICHAEL JACKSON TO PUERTO RICO
HELPING PEOPLE IS GOOD STORY.
I'M THANKFUL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
SAW SOMETHING ME AT 24 THAT I DO
NOT SEE MYSELF.
STUART: THAT'S YOU AND -
>> THE GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO.
STUART: THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU'RE A SUCCESSFUL IMMIGRANT
AND YOU'RE NOW AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN?
>> ABSOLUTELY, YES I AM.
STUART: NO MORE GREEN CARD
STUFF?
>> I JOIN THE CLUB.
I VOTE.
STUART: WHAT YOU THINK OF TRUMP?
>> , AND, WHAT HE'S DONE FOR
THIS COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE WHO
WORK FOR ME AND FOR INVESTMENT
IS PHENOMENAL.
WE ARE A COUNTRY - ALL MY
BUSINESS IS INTERNATIONAL AND
WHEREVER I GO INTERNATIONALLY BE
AT SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTHEAST
ASIA, THERE'S A DIFFERENT
RESPECT FOR AMERICA TODAY YOU
WON'T HEAR THAT IN POPULAR MEDIA
BUT I WILL SAY IT.
STUART: WE LOVE SUCCESS.
