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- The company was co-founded in 1989 by Sir Charles Dunstone and Julian Brownlie, who put £6,000 into the company from their savings. Guy Johnson of NEC UK became the second partner at the company, later taking up the role of Logistics and Distribution director. In 1990, Dunstone brought in his school friend David Ross, a chartered accountant, who became Chief Operating Officer in the same year.
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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 .
Sep 29, 2022 · A co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, the 57-year-old multimillionaire entrepreneur has an eclectic social circle – ‘a veritable Venn diagram’, writes Forbes – from Mustique to Glastonbury Festival; the Camerons to Marc Quinn.
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May 27, 2014 · In response to this insight, Carphone Warehouse was set up by Charles Dunstone and Julian Brownlie in 1989; Dunstone's old school friend David Ross joined a year later.
I started Carphone Warehouse over 20 years ago out of the boot of a car on Marylebone Road. Now, many ventures later, I've been privileged to work with some of Britain's most inspiring brands and business models.
Carphone Warehouse: profile of David Ross. David Ross came to prominence on the corporate scene through his part in one of the runaway success stories of British business. In 1991, he joined his schoolfriend, Charles Dunstone, as finance.
Dec 17, 2014 · Almost exactly a year ago, Mr James, who headed Dixons before the merger, met Andrew Harrison, his opposite number at Carphone Warehouse, for a drink in the bar of the Electric Cinema on...
