David Rowe (entrepreneur)

David Rowe (born 1958) is a London based high tech entrepreneur who founded Easynet,[1][2] a U.K. ISP in 1994, alongside Cyberia, one of the worlds first commercial cybercafes. Easynet was one of the first Internet companies in the U.K. to list on AIM in 1996, and subsequently on the LSE in 1999.[3] The company created subsidiaries in a number of European countries and pioneered alternative local loop infrastructure in the UK.[4] In 2001 Easynet merged with Ipsaris, the U.K. fibre optic infrastructure provider owned by Marconi. In 2006 Easynet was bought by BSkyB for £211m[5] and David worked for James Murdoch as part of the Sky management team. In 2010, David led the buyout team of Easynet Corporate services from Sky alongside LDC, a U.K. private equity company owned by Lloyds Bank.[6]

David left Easynet to start his own high tech venture capital business Black Green Capital in 2013.[7]

David was selected by the U.K. National Portrait Gallery for entrepreneurship in Telecoms and the Internet.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://startups.co.uk/easynet-david-rowe/
  2. ↑ David Rowe: European Easy Rider
  3. ↑ http://www.telecompaper.com/news/easynet-to-be-listed-on-main-london-stock-exchange--166915
  4. ↑ "Easynet encroach into BT's last mile". Computer Weekly. January 2001. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  5. ↑ Deans, Jason (21 October 2005). "BSkyB buys Easynet for £211m". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Article/2635798/Search/Results/Bank-buys-Easynet-from-Murdoch.html?Keywords=Easynet#.U33cZl5N1Fw
  7. ↑ Crouch, David (22 October 2014). "UK firm takes the cloud to chillier climes with Swedish data centre". The Guardian.
  8. ↑ http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp72197/david-rowe?search=sas&sText=david+rowe
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