Liverpool scaffolder who started protein shake company lands £62m payday

A scaffolder from Liverpool has landed a £62m payday after listing his sports supplement business on the London Stock Exchange.Thomas Ryder has offloaded 19pc of his shares in Applied Nutrition, a business he founded a decade ago, after listing the protein shakes maker on Thursday with a valuation of £350m.Mr Ryder, who was raised by his grandparents on a Liverpool council estate after his father died when he was 12, will retain a 34pc stake in the business.His interest in sports supplements stemmed from a teenage gym addiction, which saw him sell muscle-bulking protein powder and creatine alongside his daily job scaffolding for the local council.At the age of 18 he opened his first supplement store, Body Fuel, after raising money for the project by delivering takeaway pizzas.He continued to do scaffolding work while running Body Fuel for six years before switching to selling supplements full-time. He launched Applied Nutrition in 2014 from a…