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May 27, 2014 · A real small business revolution. 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...
Sir Charles William Dunstone CVO (/ ˈ d ʌ n s t ə n / DUN-stən; born 21 November 1964) 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 ...
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.
Jan 14, 2006 · Charles Dunstone, the founder and chief executive of Carphone Warehouse, has been grinning since Christmas Eve. He knew then that sales at Europe's biggest mobile phone operator had thrashed...
- Google. On its website, Google makes a big deal of the garage at 232 Santa Margarita Avenue, Menlo Park, where Larry Page and Sergey Brin set up the first Google office.
- Apple. Steve Jobs lived with his parents at 2066 Crist Drive in Los Altos, California in 1976 when Steve Wozniak began attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club.
- Microsoft. Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the founders of Microsoft, first worked together at 199 California Street NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1975. But the company itself wasn't born until it took on the lease of Suite 819, Two Park Central Tower Building, 300 San Mateo Blvd, N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico, as its official office space in 1976.
- HP. The first famous garage in technology was located behind 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, California, where Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett built their first product, an audio oscillator, which was sold to Disney.
Dec 28, 2020 · Carphone Warehouse was founded in 1989 by business partners Charles Dunstone and Julian Brownlie, with the pair putting £6,000 into the company from their savings.
Sir Charles Dunstone, with wife Celia, is grappling with telephone-number-sized debts at TalkTalk and Dixons Carphone
