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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.
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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.
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 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.
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, which...
Jan 1, 2015 · Michael Harrison reconstructs the moment he made the UK's first mobile phone call, to his father, Vodafone boss Sir Ernest Harrison, in 1985.
Feb 3, 1999 · OVER THE years Sir Ernest Harrison has proved himself much better at selling businesses than running them. His crowning glory remains Vodafone. When the cellular telephone business was spun...
