Charles Dunstone
Sir Charles William Dunstone (born November 21, 1964 in Saffon Walden , Essex ) is a British entrepreneur and founder and CEO of The Carphone Warehouse Group .
Life
After graduating from high school, Dunstone worked for one year at Torch Computers in Cambridge and the company NEC before studying business administration at Liverpool University . In 1989 he founded his own company, The Carphone Warehouse , with David Ross .
In 2005, Dunstone was named Daily Telegraph 's Business Person of the Year by the Daily Telegraph . In the Sunday Times “Rich List 2006” he came in 64th place with an estimated fortune of 830 million pounds (approx. 1.2 billion euros).
In 2012 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor ("Sir") and in 2015 he was accepted into the Royal Victorian Order as Commander (CVO) .
His father is an executive at British Petroleum (BP).
The Carphone Warehouse
Dunstone is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer / CEO of The Carphone Warehouse Group. While Dunstone and Ross initially sold their cell phones directly from their London apartment , the company developed into the leading independent full-range communications and entertainment provider in Europe over the next 20 years.
Since October 2007 the company has been included in the FTSE 100 Index , which lists the 100 largest UK publicly traded companies.
The Prince's Trust
Dunstone is on the board of directors of the Prince's Trust, a Prince of Wales charity .
Web links
- # 2057 Charles Dunstone at forbes.com
- Sir Charles Dunstone at themarque.com
Individual evidence
- ^ The London Gazette : No. 60173 (Supplement), p. 1 , June 16, 2012.
- ↑ The London Gazette: No. 61256 (Supplement), p. B4 , June 16, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dunstone, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dunstone, Sir Charles William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saffon Walden , Essex |