David Ross (mai kasuwanci)

David Ross (mai kasuwanci)
deputy chairperson (en) 2003 - 2008 chief operating officer (en) 1996 - 2003
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Grimsby (mul) , 10 ga Yuli, 1965 (60 shekaru)
ƙasa	Birtaniya
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Nottingham (en) Uppingham School (mul)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan kasuwa da chartered accountant (en)

David Peter John Ross (an haife shi a ranar 10 ga Yuli, 1965) ɗan kasuwa ne mai kuɗi ɗan Ingila, kuma ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Carphone Warehouse (tare da Charles Dunstone da Guy Johnson ). A lokacin da kasuwancinsa ya yi ƙarfi a shekarar 2008, Ross yana ɗaya daga cikin mutane 100 mafi arziki a Burtaniya. A shekarar 2008, Forbes ta sanya shi a cikin mutane #843 mafi arziki a duniya; an kiyasta dukiyarsa ta kai dala biliyan 1.4 na Amurka. A watan Afrilun 2015, Jaridar Sunday Times ta kiyasta dukiyarsa ta kai fam biliyan 1.0. A cikin bugu na 2020 na Sunday Times Rich List, an kiyasta dukiyarsa ta kai fam miliyan 642, raguwar fam miliyan 26 idan aka kwatanta da shekarar da ta gabata.

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi Ross a ranar 10 ga Yuli, 1965. Jika ne ga Carl Ross, wanda ya ƙirƙiri ɗaya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin kamun kifi na kasuwanci a Burtaniya daga kasuwancin iyali, wanda daga ƙarshe ya zama Ross Group, kuma ya karɓi Kamfanin Gine-gine na Grimsby Coal, Salt and Tanning (wanda aka sani da Cosalt ), wanda aka kafa a 1873 a matsayin haɗin gwiwa wanda ke samar da jiragen ruwa na kamun kifi. An saka kasuwancin biyu a cikin Kasuwar Hannun Jari ta London.

Ross ya yi karatu a Makarantar Uppingham . Lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 16, mahaifinsa ya tura shi aiki a wani wurin gini a Aljeriya, wanda daga baya ya bayyana: "Lokaci ne mai muhimmanci domin ya yi muni sosai dole in kauce daga ciki in sami damar sarrafa ƙaddarata." Ya kammala karatunsa da digirin BA a fannin shari'a daga Jami'ar Nottingham kuma ya yi aiki a Arthur Andersen daga 1988, inda ya cancanci zama akawu mai hayar a 1991.

Ayyukan kasuwanci

Ross ya zama abokin Charles Dunstone a lokacin da yake Uppingham. Dunstone ya ci gaba da kafa Carphone Warehouse daga wani gida a Marylebone Road, London, inda ya yi amfani da fam 6000 na tanadinsa. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, ya nemi Ross ya shiga harkar a matsayin darektan kuɗi. Shekaru huɗu bayan haka, kasuwancin yana da shaguna ashirin kuma daga baya ya ci gaba da bunƙasa cikin sauri ta hanyar tsarin saye da haɓaka cikin gida.

Duk da cewa Dunstone ya zama fuskar jama'a ta Carphone Warehouse, Ross (wanda Dunstone ya bayyana a matsayin "makamin sirrinsa" ), ya haɓaka kuma ya jagoranci sahun manyan dillalan kamfanin ta hanyar siyan Tandy a Burtaniya, da haɓaka kasuwanni a Turai da Amurka. Kasuwancin ya kuma faɗaɗa zuwa wasu sassan sadarwa, inda ya kafa TalkTalk ISP a 2003 kuma ya karɓi wasu masu samar da kayayyaki kamar AOL . Lokacin da Ross ya taimaka wa IPO na Carphone Warehouse a 2000, kamfanin ya yi nasara sosai har abokan hulɗa ba sa buƙatar aro ko shigar da wasu daga waje: Dunstone ya mallaki rabi, Ross ya mallaki na uku, Guy Johnson kuma mafi yawan sauran.