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John David Caudwell (born 7 October 1952) is a British billionaire businessman who founded the now defunct mobile phone retailer Phones 4u. He also invests in fashion, real estate and other industries, and chairs Caudwell Children, a children's charity, and Caudwell LymeCo, promoting chronic Lyme disease beliefs in the UK. According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2022, Caudwell is worth £1.58 billion. On the Forbes 2022 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #984 with a net worth of US$2.8 billion.

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  • John David Caudwell (born 7 October 1952) is a British billionaire businessman who founded the now defunct mobile phone retailer Phones 4u. He also invests in fashion, real estate and other industries, and chairs Caudwell Children, a children's charity, and Caudwell LymeCo, promoting chronic Lyme disease beliefs in the UK. According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2022, Caudwell is worth £1.58 billion. On the Forbes 2022 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #984 with a net worth of US$2.8 billion. (en)
  • John David Caudwell, född 7 augusti 1952, är en brittisk entreprenör inom mobiltelefoni. Under sitt tidiga yrkesliv arbetade Caudwell först för däcktillverkaren Michelin men senare drev han en livsmedelsaffär med sin dåvarande fru. Livsmedelsaffären blev dock ej tillräcklig lönsam, han startade, med sin bror Brian Caudwell, en bilverkstad samt en återförsäljare av begagnade bilar. År 1987 grundade bröderna mobiltelefonförsäljaren Midlands Mobile Phones. År 1993 grundade de även mobiloperatören Singlepoint medan i augusti 2003 blev det uppköpt av Vodafone för 405 miljoner brittiska pund. År 1994 hade Midlands Mobile Phones bytt namn till Phone 4U. I september 2006 såldes en majoritetsaktiepost i Phone 4U till riskkapitalbolagen och Providence Equity Partners för 1,5 miljarder pund medan fe (sv)
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