Stephen Olexy: From Job Centre To Hollywood -A Journey Of Redemption (IMP Episode 1)

The first ever episode of the Inspire Me podcast with our main host STEPHEN OLEXY.
Stephen tells his unbelievable story of how whilst having to sign on at the Job centre he wrote visions down to work with A-list celebrities within 10 years and ultimately be producing world class events with them. Stephen had no idea how that was going to happen but through pure determination and passion he carved out a career working with some of the biggest names in the world including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Jean Claude Van Damme, Mel Gibson, Conor McGregor, Mike Tyson and many others.
Stephen created the brand 'An Experience With' and took the brand to unbelievable heights producing events all over the UK plus taking the brand to the USA in 2022 with Sylvester Stallone in LA.
On the back of his success he created an unbelievable relationship with Arnold Schwarzenegger, creating 7 successful events with him over the years, earning amazing testimonials from the man himself including going into partnership with him and being given the rights to produce the Arnold Sports Festival in the UK for the first time ever in 2021 at the NEC in Birmingham UK.
Stephen will discuss about Arnold's failure to attend the event 2 years running, which ultimately lead to the demise of the event under his ownership. Stephen will explain how the rug was pulled for a 3rd year event even with a 3 year licence agreement in place, leaving an unexpected black hole.
Even despite Arnolds non attendance, overall both events under Stephens management were a fantastic success from start to finish with sell out crowds of 60,000 attendees. Stephen brought some of the biggest names in the world to the event including Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Georges St Pierre, David Goggins, Michael Bisping, Sugar Ray Leonard, Paddy (The Baddy) Pimblet, Katie Taylor, Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler and Wim Hoff. The event attracted powerhouse brands to exhibit product such as Gym Shark, Boo Hoo, Reign, Nocco plus hundreds of others. On top of all this the event showcased over 20 major sports across 38,000 square metres of space with over 5000 athletes plus amazing features showcased across the whole event.
Stephen talks about how business mistakes he made under severe pressure in 2016/17 has ended up him being sent to prison 7 years later! Charges were brought and pushed by the insolvency Service and upon sentencing the judge ignored 4 pages of mitigation to send Stephen to prison for 27 months.
Stephen served 7.5 months and is now out and was released on the 22nd March.
The comeback is underway and he is thankful all celebrity agents he works with have stuck by him. Stephen has big plans with this new podcast 'Inspire Me' and is working with his team for new amazing future events to be announced very soon. Its been a crazy journey and this is a MUST WATCH podcast!!!
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[@DJDaveWhicker]

Absolutely take my hat off to you mate, you’ve absolutely smashed it. Thanks for your message earlier, gave me a good kick up the arse!

[@garethcox8097]

Great story, tough times and a mentally strong guy. I’m mates with Adam so was good to see him also. Time shine and put the past behind you.

[@barrybearcollett6333]

What a great podcast & interview gents. Credit to you for talking about the extremely low period of your life before prison and during your time served, and that is the word there time served, you have completed your sentence officially, all the events, circumstances and the judgement are just in those moments and they don’t define you as a person, as quite clearly there’s wasn’t the intent to permanently deprive/deceive anyone, honesty is a great quality in a person, it took great courage for you to speak the truth in your initial interview with the authorities. I have a great friend Adam who I know believes in you and I can see that you are both cut from the same cloth, through Adam talking about you and this interview I can see a great person with a great future ahead of him. I wish you both all the success in the world.

[@bushidooffaith4706]

I am a new subscriber have been enjoying your podcast very much, just now hearing of the hard road you found yourself on, I am sorry you payed and your family payed so much pain. I wish you nothing but peace and good fortune in the future to you and your family, will keep watch! PAIN makes us strong, it's just shit having to go through it, to get there. "For man was not made for defeat, a man can be destroyed, but never defeated" (old man of the sea) Ernest Hemingway...... stay strong mate everything happens for a reason. GOD bless, and I will be praying for you and your family. Australia.

[@shahroozzojaji9651]

Wow, Stephen, your story is incredibly inspiring! Your bravery and determination to overcome such immense challenges and still pursue your dreams is truly commendable. This podcast is a testament to your resilience and entrepreneurial spirit. Thank you for sharing your journey so openly and honestly-it's a powerful reminder that failure is just a stepping stone to success. Looking forward to more episodes and more incredible stories!

[@fahadalsaleh3483]

Your a survivor mr olexy and u got through all this and u will get back up wiser than ever before. Like u said failure is a road to success mate. It’s not about how hard u hit, it’s about how hard u can get hit and still get up and move forward. Keep punching mate. Never gave up on u and never will. Let trolls be trolls cause that’s all they will ever and u are the real winner here. That’s how winning is done 💪

[@petemeredith806]

I've been looking forward to this

[@bobsvintagebricks]

Absolutely incredible and emotional story. I’ve been to Arnie and Stallone events in the past, both amazing nights and would love to see them both again. Hopefully more to come! Keep punching! 💪🏼

[@thomaswillans4085]

Get Sly back in the UK,, the Arnold event in 2021 was 👌👌👌

[@andywylde]

Great podcast. Big respect to you mate. I attended your event at the Arnold Expo and got to meet Stallone. Thank you for making that dream come true.

[@eddiecurley2390]

Legend bro

[@ABMultimediaDesigner]

Fair play guys for doing this episode and explaining everything that has happened. Always wanted to attend an A-EX-W event but unfortunately circumstances prevailed. Maybe it might happen in the future, I don't know....time can only tell

[@ReviewsWithRich]

Really looking to seeing this. We attended the Mel Gibson one in London and loved it.

[@airmackeeee6792]

Can't wait for the full Mel Gibson interviews.

[@nickybaldwin6907]

Top lad , knew you as a 14 year old at Huddersfield . Very similar mentality as young lads … Really interesting and learned a lot I didn’t know mate. I struggled with the after math post Huddersfield for many a years … keep up the good work

[@dylanackroyd7591]

Great podcast ste 🔥🔥🔥

[@Royalewithcheesewithlove]

This was fantastic! A great business journey with lots of advice! Especially thinking about which guests to book and if they are worth it. Are we allowed to suggest guests? I think you would go viral if you could manage to book Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan together for one night. It's never happened in a long form interview, and maybe Jackie would do it because Stallone has done this show and they're friends.

[@Royalewithcheesewithlove]

It might also get Rush Hour 4 moving along as the people will get an hour of entertainment and want more!

[@inspiremepodcast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@oliverwilson2167]

Amazing podcast. Adam is a good interviewer. Very good stuff.

[@inspiremepodcast]

Thankyou for your kind words

[@MikeFergus]

Loving the pod only one thing any chance you can keep the inspire me logo static as it's off putting with it swirling around. Apart from that great podcast episode :)

[@inspiremepodcast]

Thanks for the feed back, we will be amending for the next episode Thankyou!

[@fletcher8805]

Would love it if you bought back robert de niro