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 Charles Dunstone |
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| Born | 21 November 1964 Saffron Walden |
| Occupation | CEO Carphone Warehouse |
Charles Dunstone (born 21 November 1964) is the CEO and (with David Ross[1]) co-founder, in 1989, of mobile phone retailer The Carphone Warehouse.
He was born in Saffron Walden, Essex, and educated at Uppingham School. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2006 he was listed in 64th place, with an estimated fortune of $1.66 billion.
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The Carphone Warehouse
Known as "The Phone House" outside the UK and Éire, CPW was founded by Dunstone and David Ross in 1989. With £6,000 savings, they embarked on a scheme to sell car phones from their flat in London. Within 20 years - in October 2007 - the company joined the FTSE 100 Index of leading shares. The company dropped out again 12 months later following a 76% fall in the share price.
Business
- Carphone Warehouse
Main article: The Carphone Warehouse
- The Carphone Warehouse (also trading as The Phone House[2]) is Europe's largest independent mobile phone retailer.
- In 2005 Charles' salary and bonus came to £689,000.[3]
- Charles employed the controversial ex-convict Ernest Saunders as a business consultant for Carphone prior to flotation.[4]
- HBOS
- Non-executive Director of HBOS PLC.[5]
- HBOS is the holding company for Halifax plc and the Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland.
- In 2005 Charles' fee was £56,000.[3]
- The Daily Mail General Trust
- Non-Executive Director of Daily Mail General Trust.[5]
- DMGT is one of the largest media companies in the UK and has interests around the world in national and regional newspapers, television, radio, exhibitions and information publishing.
- In 2005 Charles' fee was £34,000.[3]
- Independent Media Distribution PLC
- Non-Executive Director of Independent Media Distribution PLC.
- IMD is a distributor of radio advertising and programming for the advertising and music industries. Clients include ITV and BSkyB.
- In 2005 Charles' fee was £20,000.[3]
- The Prince's Trust
- Council Member of The Prince's Trust and the Chairman of Prince's Trust Trading Ltd.[5]
- The Prince's Trust is a Registered Charity (in England) No 1079675. The Prince's Trust Trading Limited (a company registered in England No 3161821) is a wholly owned subsidiary and trades on behalf of The Prince's Trust. In their 2006 annual report, The Prince's Trust had a gross income of £56.8m and an expenditure of £40.8m.[6]
Qualifications
Charles has 3 A-levels, grades B,C & D.[7]
He abandoned his business degree at Liverpool University after taking a gap-year with Torch Computers in Cambridge and then with NEC.[8]
Awards
In 2005 Charles was awarded The Daily Telegraph's Business Person of the Year.[9]
Personal life
- Parents
- Charles' Father is an executive at BP.[7]
- Quotes[7]
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- I’d really like to have a family but I’m not a very easy person to go out with.
- I don’t think I’m married to the job — I have a real life outside work — but, um, I think I can understand why you might say that.
- Could be trimmer. I’m 78kg at 5ft 7in. My doctor says I should be 74kg. He has put me on porridge and Benecol (a cholesterol-reducing spread) in the morning.
Footnotes
- ^ "David Ross appointed to board of the National Portrait Gallery". 10 Downing Street. 2006-02-17. http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/page9080.asp. Retrieved 2006-11-02.
- ^ The Phone House
- ^ a b c d The Carphone Warehouse (2005). "Annual Report 2005" (pdf). Press release. http://www.cpwplc.com/cpw/ir/reports/annrep05/annrep05full.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-04.
- ^ "Mobiles boss walks the polar walk and proves he is not all TalkTalk". The Times. 2004-11-29. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8209-1379301_1,00.html. Retrieved 2006-11-03.
- ^ a b c "Charles Dunstone". Entrepreneurs’ Open Challenge. 2006. http://www.epochuk.com/events/dunstone_bio.htm. Retrieved 2006-11-05.
- ^ "Extract from the Central Register of Charities maintained by the Charity Commission for England and Wales, Main Charity 1079675, THE PRINCE'S TRUST". Charity Commission. 2006. http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/showcharity.asp?regno=1079675&submit=Run+Search. Retrieved 2006-11-05.
- ^ a b c Davidson, Andrew (2006-05-16). "Dunstone drives into broadband". The Times. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9076-2135700,00.html. Retrieved 2006-11-03.
- ^ "Dial M for millionaire". The Observer. 2005-09-11. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1567078,00.html. Retrieved 2006-11-03.
- ^ "Dunstone clinches best in business". The Daily Telegraph. 2005-12-22. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/12/22/cnbiz22.xml. Retrieved 2006-11-06.
References
- Carphone Warehouse - Board of Directors
- Dunstone, Charles. "Charles Dunstone's Blog". Carphone Warehouse. http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
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