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Sir Ernest Thomas Harrison OBE HonFREng (11 May 1926 – 16 February 2009) was an English businessman. He was best known as chairman of electronics company Racal and the first chairman of its spun-out mobile telephony division, Vodafone. He was also a fan and major shareholder of Arsenal Football Club.
Feb 20, 2009 · Sir Ernest Harrison, who built up a business empire that became the second largest defence electronics group in the U.K. for a while, Racal Electronics, and then spawned what has become arguably the world's biggest mobile network operator, Vodafone, has passed away, aged 82.
Sep 24, 2018 · The recipient of the Mountbatten Medal and the most successful businessman of UK, Sir Ernest Harrison, was the first chairman of Vodafone, who started his journey as the head clerk at the parent company of Vodafone.
Feb 19, 2009 · Ernest Harrison was the first man in Europe, perhaps the world, to see the commercial potential of turning what was then military radio technology into a business and then consumer mobile phone service.
Feb 22, 2009 · Sir Ernest Harrison, who died on February 16 aged 82, was one of the outstanding British industrial entrepreneurs of his generation, as the driving force of the electronics group Racal,...
Sir Ernest Harrison, Vodafone’s first chairman, receives the first call at his New Year’s party in Surrey
In the Last Post Ceremony for 9 August we remember Electrical Artificer 1st Class Ernest Harrison who served Australia in the Second World War. The Last Post...
