Hans Snook Executive of a wireless paging business (which subsequently became part of the Hutchison Whampoa Group). In 1992 Snook was despatched to the UK and closed Hutchison's Rabbit phone system; and instead turned efforts to developing the UK's fourth mobile phone network. On April 28, 1994 Orange was launched. Within five years Orange had developed an enviable reputation as well as a growing international presence. Mannesmann of Germany purchased Orange Plc, in a failed attempt to challenge Vodafone as the World's leading mobile phone company. This set off a chain of events which resulted in France Télécom taking ownership of Orange,
Sanjiv Mehta (British businessman) subsidiary companies with "East India Company" in their names: By 2011, Mehta had invested around £20 million in the new business. Mehta's business also attracted investment from other companies including the India-based Mahindra Group (2011) and the UAE-based Lulu Group (2014). Mehta lives in London along with his wife Amee (a microbiologist), their son Arjun and daughter Anoushka. Sanjiv Mehta (British businessman) Sanjiv Mehta (born October 1961) is an India-born British businessman. He is the owner of "The East India Company", which he launched in 2010, presenting it as a revival of the historic East India Company that was dissolved