Guy Johnson (businessman)
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Guy Johnson is an English
businessman, the former third business partner in Carphone Warehouse. Described by one City analyst as "the Ringo Starr
of Carphone Warehouse" for being in the right place at the right time, His is estimated to have a fortune of £156million, ranking him 546 in the Sunday Times Rich List
of 2008.
After the business was founded by Charles Dunstone
with £6,000 savings, he asked Chartered Accountant
David Ross
to join him as the second partner. Johnson, a former customer of Dunstone's at NEC
UK, became the third partner when he joined the fledgling business, taking up the role of Logistics and Distribution director. When Ross lead the IPO of Carphone Warehouse in 2000, it had been so successful that the partners had not needed to borrow or involve outsiders: Dunstone owned half, Ross a third, and Johnson most of the rest.
However, only Johnson of the three partners had a family, and having according to media reports becoming less enamoured by the Ross lead European expansion of the organisation, sold the majority of his stake in 2001 and retired with his young family to his holiday home in Portugal
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
businessman, the former third business partner in Carphone Warehouse. Described by one City analyst as "the Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...
of Carphone Warehouse" for being in the right place at the right time, His is estimated to have a fortune of £156million, ranking him 546 in the Sunday Times Rich List
Sunday Times Rich List
The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989...
of 2008.
After the business was founded by Charles Dunstone
Charles Dunstone
Charles Dunstone is the CEO and co-founder, in 1989, of mobile phone retailer The Carphone Warehouse.-Education:...
with £6,000 savings, he asked Chartered Accountant
Chartered Accountant
Chartered Accountants were the first accountants to form a professional body, initially established in Britain in 1854. The Edinburgh Society of Accountants , the Glasgow Institute of Accountants and Actuaries and the Aberdeen Society of Accountants were each granted a royal charter almost from...
David Ross
David Ross (businessman)
David Peter John Ross , is an English businessman, co-founder with school friend Charles Dunstone of The Carphone Warehouse. At peak valuation of his business interests, Ross was one of the 100 richest people in the United Kingdom. A profile in The Daily Telegraph put his current net worth at...
to join him as the second partner. Johnson, a former customer of Dunstone's at NEC
NEC
, a Japanese multinational IT company, has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government....
UK, became the third partner when he joined the fledgling business, taking up the role of Logistics and Distribution director. When Ross lead the IPO of Carphone Warehouse in 2000, it had been so successful that the partners had not needed to borrow or involve outsiders: Dunstone owned half, Ross a third, and Johnson most of the rest.
However, only Johnson of the three partners had a family, and having according to media reports becoming less enamoured by the Ross lead European expansion of the organisation, sold the majority of his stake in 2001 and retired with his young family to his holiday home in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
.