"The best businessman in the world" is how Bill Clinton described Bill Roedy, the former chairman and chief executive of MTV Networks International (MTVNI). It may be a bold statement, but when you consider Roedy's achievements during his 22 years at MTV, Clinton's claim does not sound far from the truth.

From the first time he drew up a chair behind his desk in the MTV Europe office on Camden's Mandela Street back in 1989 to leaving his post earlier ...