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Sir Ernest Thomas Harrison OBE HonFREng (11 May 1926 – 16 February 2009) [1] 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. [2] [3] [4] He was also a fan and major shareholder of Arsenal Football Club. [5]
Feb 20, 2009 · LONDON 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.
Ernest Harrison, the businessman and racehorse owner, who has died aged 82, was one of the last in a long line of iconoclastic, self-made, postwar entrepreneurs who ran his companies by...
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. His decision making and business skills led him and his company at the top of the telecom business. Early Life.
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...
LONDON 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 Aspencore network News & Analytics
Feb 19, 2009 · In 1982, Harrison, who then ran the UK’s second largest military electronics company, was given one of the UK’s first two mobile phone licences, and he set about creating a mobile phone operator which would become Vodafone. Sir Ernest Harrison, OBE, chairman, Racal Electronics, 1966-2000, died on February 16, aged 82. tweet.
