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David Peter John Ross (born 10 July 1965) is an English millionaire businessman, and one of the co-founders (with Charles Dunstone and Guy Johnson) of Carphone Warehouse.At the peak of his business interests in 2008, Ross was one of the 100 richest people in the United Kingdom. [1]
Carphone Warehouse is a mobile phone retailer based in London, United Kingdom. In August 2014 the company became a subsidiary of Currys plc (previously named "Dixons Carphone"), which was formed by the merger of its former parent Carphone Warehouse Group with Dixons Retail .
Sir Charles William Dunstone CVO (/ ˈ d ʌ n s t ə n / DUN-stən; [1] born 21 November 1964 [2]) is the British co-founder and former chairman of mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse, former chairman of multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company Dixons Carphone (formed on 7 August 2014 by the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse), and ...
In December 2017, it was announced that he would leave Dixons Carphone and return as chairman of Carphone Warehouse to shake up the struggling company. [3] In April 2019, Harrison joined the board of WhoCanFixMyCar.com as chairman. [4] Harrison was named TechRadar's Mobile Power 50 Person of the year in 2009 and 2014.
Paul Potts (born 13 October 1970) is an English tenor. [1] [2] In 2007, he won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent with his performance of "Nessun dorma", an aria from Puccini's opera Turandot.
Sebastian Richard Edward Cuthbert James (born 11 March 1966) is a British businessman, who was formerly CEO of Dixons Carphone, [1] and is the current CEO of Boots UK. Early life [ edit ]
Guy Johnson is an English businessman, the former third business partner in Carphone Warehouse. [1] He is estimated to have a fortune of £156 million, ranking him 546 in the Sunday Times Rich List of 2008. [2] After the business was founded by Charles Dunstone with £6,000 savings, he asked Johnson to join him as the second partner.
In May 2014, Dixons announced a merger, that soon came to pass, with Carphone Warehouse; the combined company would have market capitalisation of around £3.8 billion. [21] Dixons thus became a wholly owned subsidiary of Dixons Carphone Holdings Limited, and was renamed to Dixons Retail Group plc. [ 22 ]