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From an ambush in Afghanistan to BBC4's The Desk via the UK's coolest magazine
1989: Having studied journalism in the US and Canada, the 20-year-old Tyler Brule lands a researcher's job in BBC Manchester's 'trendy' youth television department. He subsequently goes freelance - and in 1994 is wounded on assignment in Afghanistan when the car in which he is travelling is ambushed by snipers.
1996: Brule dreams up Wallpaper*, a design magazine. This instantly makes him the coolest man in the UK and riches soon follow - after four issues he sells a majority stake to Time Inc for pounds 1 million.
2002: Brule stays on at Wallpaper* as its editorial director but the title is transferred to Time Warner's newly acquired IPC division - and Brule, whose extravagance makes IPC roundheads nervous, is soon edged out. He takes Wink (a branding agency that has evolved out of Wallpaper*'s intelligence unit) with him.
2003: Wink ...