Who is Phones 4u co-founder John Caudwell? | The Sun

JOHN Caudwell is best known for co-founding communications giant Phones4u.

He doesn't own the company anymore but he still has an impressive net worth.

Who is John Caudwell?

John Caudwell was born on October 7, 1952, and is known for being a British billionaire businessman and philanthropist who co-founded the mobile phone retailer Phones 4u.

Back in 1987 John and his brother Brian registered Midland Mobile Phones as a mobile phone wholesaler, initially taking 26 Motorola mobiles at £1,350 each.

The business eventually became the Caudwell Group – part of which was an independent mobile phone network service provider called Singlepoint and also Phones 4u.

Fast forward to 2003 and John sold Singlepoint to Vodafone for £405m and then in 2006 he sold his Phones 4u empire for £1.5billion.

What is John Caudwell's net worth?

John has an impressive net worth due to his successful career.

According to Forbes, he is worth an estimated $2.8 billion, as of 2022.

Caudwell has pledged to give away 70 per cent of his wealth during his life.

DoesJohn Caudwell own Britain's most expensive house?

John's Mayfair home is worth a staggering £250million which is Britain's most expensive house.

He merged two mansions into one 43,000 sq ft property.

The building includes a 120-capacity ballroom, 15 bedrooms and eight floors.

It is around the average size of 55 London flats and more than twice the size of the Royal Albert Hall.

The house can be seen on Channel 4's Britain's Most Expensive Home.

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Is John Caudwell married?

John was married to Kate McFarlane for 25 years.

This ended in 2001 and they had three children.

He then had a relationship with violinist Jane Burgess, and they had a daughter.

John was then in a long-term relationship with Claire Johnson for 15 years, they have a son but they separated in 2014.

His current partner is Lithuanian former cyclist Modesta Vžesniauskaitė.

 

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