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,
Charles Finch (British businessman) Charles Finch (British businessman) Charles P. Finch (born 15 August 1962) is a British businessman involved in brand-building, food, and entertainment. Finch is the CEO of the brand development and investment company Finch + Partners, global chairman of Dean & DeLuca, partner with Pharrell Williams in Williams Family Kitchen, and a film producer. Born Charles Peter George Thomas Ingle-Finch, Charles Finch is the son of the actor Peter Finch (born Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch, most known for his role as the crazed anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film "Network") and grandson of the chemist and mountaineer George Ingle-Finch.