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Year of Birth: 1964
Nationality: British
Role: Partner & Investor
Born in 1964 and brought up near Saffron Walden in Essex, Charles Dunstone attended Uppingham School. He had intended to do a business degree at Liverpool University but enjoyed his job as a computer salesman for NEC during his year off too much, and his plans to go to university were abandoned. When Dunstone transferred from selling computers to mobile phones, he realised that corporate clients got good deals and were well looked after, but no one was catering for small businesses, the self-employed and Joe Public - for whom mobile phones would be the most useful. And that’s where The Carphone Warehouse (CPW) came in.
In July 2000 the company floated on the London Stock Exchange and based on an
issue price of 200p, the company was valued at approximately £1.7 billion. The
company has outperformed the market ever since and generates annual turnover
of £3.04 billion (year ended 31st March 2006). The Group employs over 17,000 people.
Dunstone remains passionate about his original aims; to put the customer first and to ensure that all employees share in the company’s success. He is also a Non-Executive Director of HBOS PLC and The Daily Mail General Trust and Chairman of the Princes Trust Trading Board. In December 2005, he was voted The Daily Telegraph’s Business Person of the Year.
Charles is an avid sailing and racing fan having campaigned for many years in a number of well known race boats – ‘Enigma’ and his TP52 ‘Red’ most recently.
“ I believe we can win, and as the originator of the Cup, I feel it is important that Great Britain is represented.”
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