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Charles Dunstone (Charles William Dunstone) was born on 21 November, 1964 in Saffron Walden, United Kingdom, is a British businessman. Discover Charles Dunstone's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?
Popular As |
Charles William Dunstone |
Occupation |
Executive Chairman, TalkTalk Group |
Age |
60 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
Born |
21 November, 1964 |
Birthday |
21 November |
Birthplace |
Saffron Walden, Essex, England |
Nationality |
United Kingdom |
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He is a member of famous with the age 60 years old group. He one of the Richest who was born in United Kingdom.
Charles Dunstone Height, Weight & Measurements
At 60 years old, Charles Dunstone height not available right now. We will update Charles Dunstone's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Charles Dunstone's Wife?
His wife is Celia Gordon Shute (m. 2009)
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Wife |
Celia Gordon Shute (m. 2009) |
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Charles Dunstone Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Charles Dunstone worth at the age of 60 years old? Charles Dunstone’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated
Charles Dunstone's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2023 |
US$1.4 billion (April 2018) |
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Charles Dunstone Social Network
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He has supported both the Labour Party & the Conservatives. On 26 April 2015, he published an opinion piece in The Daily Mail encouraging the public to vote for the Conservatives on the basis that they were better for the economy.
He made a Knight Bachelor in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List 'for services to the mobile communications industry and to charity'. In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours List, he was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his work with The Prince's Trust.
In May 2008, Best Buy, an American multinational consumer electronics corporation, and CPW agreed to create a new company, Best Buy Europe. Best Buy acquired 50% of CPW's European and US retail interests for a cash consideration of £1.1 billion or $2.1 billion. The assets of the newly formed company comprise CPW's existing retail business, operating from more than 2,400 stores in nine European countries under CPW and Phone House brands. These include the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
In 2005 Dunstone's salary and bonus came to £689,000. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2006 he was listed in 64th place, with an estimated fortune of £830 million.
In 2005 Dunstone was awarded The Daily Telegraph's Business Person of the Year.
He was also an early supporter of the Technology Trust, and has been an ambassador for the Blue Marine Foundation since 2005.
In 2003 Carphone Warehouse established a subsidiary TalkTalk, from the assets acquired through the purchase of Opal Telecom in 2002. TalkTalk provided homephone and broadband into the UK market. TalkTalk aggressive pricing was disruptive to the market and grew its customer base rapidly. Growth was also through acquisition, purchasing one.tel, AOL, Tele2 and lastly the Tiscali ISP businesses in the UK, this led to the demerger of TalkTalk as a separate business in March 2010.
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.
Charles Dunstone first began selling mobile phones out of his flat on Marylebone Road in 1989. He was 25 years old and had £6,000 of savings to start his business, having previously worked at NEC as a sales executive.
Sir Charles William Dunstone, CVO (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 Retail and Carphone Warehouse), and executive chairman of the TalkTalk Group.
Dunstone was born in 1964, in the town of Saffron Walden in Essex. Dunstone was educated at Uppingham School, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), in the market town of Uppingham in Rutland, in Central England. Dunstone's father was an executive at BP.