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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.
May 29, 2002 · Sir Gerald Whent, who has died at the age of 75, was one of the handful of people responsible for the mobile phone revolution in Britain.
Dec 9, 2021 · Vodafone was founded by Ernest Harrison and Gerry Whent in 1985. How does Vodafone make money? Vodafone's mobile networks, which allow consumers to call, text, and download files, account for about 70% of its revenues and even more of its earnings.
May 22, 2002 · THE man who launched the worldwide Vodafone empire, Sir Gerald Whent, has died at the age of 75 after a fall at his Wiltshire home. His successor, Sir Christopher Gent, said: 'Gerry was full of...
May 15, 2018 · Sir Gerry Whent, the first chief executive, oversaw the birth of the company when Racal Electronics, a military radio specialist, was in 1982 awarded one of two licences by Margaret Thatcher to run what was then called a cellular telephone network.
May 24, 2002 · Sir Gerald Whent, who has died aged 75, was the founder of Vodafone and one of the fathers of the British mobile phone industry.
Jan 2, 1995 · Gerry Whent, chief executive of the Vodafone Group Plc and already holder of a CBE, scored the most prestigeous title for the British information technology industry in the New Year’s Honours List, being appointed a knighthood for his services to mobile telecommunications.
