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Gerry Whent was born on 1 March, 1927 in India. He is a British businessman and former chairman of Arsenal Football Club. He was educated at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics. Gerry Whent is 75 years old. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs around 75 kg. Gerry Whent is not known to be dating anyone currently. Gerry Whent is the son of a British Army officer. He has two siblings, a brother and a sister. Gerry Whent began his career in the banking industry, working for the Bank of England and then for the Royal Bank of Scotland. He then moved into the world of business, becoming a director of several companies, including the British Steel Corporation and the British Airports Authority. Gerry Whent is estimated to have a net worth of around $50 million. He has earned his wealth through his successful career in business and his involvement in the football industry. He is also a philanthropist, having donated to various charities over the years.

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Date of death 16 May 2002 in Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire
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1995

Whent was appointed a CBE and then knighted in the New Year's honours in 1995 for his services to mobile telecommunications. He retired in 1996, after which he undertook varying projects including helping to create a business park on the former site of the Greenham Common air base.

He was married twice. He had a son and daughter with his first wife Coris. He was a keen golf player and a huge fan of horse racing, Vodafone sponsoring The Derby from 1995 until 2005. He also ran Horris Vale Stud and then Raffin Stud with his second wife, Sarah.

1988

Under stock market pressure to realise full value for shareholders (the mobile unit was being valued at the same amount as the whole Racal group), in September 1988, the company was again renamed Racal Telecom, and on 26 October 1988, Racal Electronics floated 20% of the company. The flotation valued Racal Telecom at GB£1.7 billion. On 16 September 1991, Racal Telecom was demerged from Racal Electronics as Vodafone.

1985

In 1982, Racal's newly formed subsidiary Racal Strategic Radio Ltd, with Whent as CEO, won one of two UK cellular telephone network licences; the other going to British Telecom. The network, known as Racal-Vodafone, was 80% owned by Racal, with Millicom and the Hambros Technology Trust owning 15% and 5% respectively. Vodafone was launched on 1 January 1985. Racal Strategic Radio was renamed Racal Telecommunications Group Limited in 1985. On 29 December 1986, Racal Electronics bought out the minority shareholders of Vodafone for GB£110 million.

1980

In 1980, Ernest Harrison, chairman of Racal Electronics, the UK's largest maker of military radio technology, agreed a deal with Lord Weinstock of the General Electric Company to allow Racal to access some of GEC's tactical battlefield radio technology. Briefing Whent as the head of Racal's military radio division, Harrison told Whent to drive the company into commercial mobile radio. Whent also visited a factory run by General Electric (unrelated to GEC) in Virginia, USA, in the same year.

1938

Gerald Arthur Whent was the youngest of four children of Major Albert Whent, of the Royal Artillery stationed in Palestine from 1938. Whent was educated at St Mary's College, Southampton.

1927

Sir Gerald Arthur "Gerry" Whent CBE (1 March 1927 in Ferozepore, India – 16 May 2002 in Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire) was the founder and first chief executive of Vodafone.

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