If you were to read the English press on the unseemly Stanford Series Twenty20 taking place in Antigua, West Indies, one cannot but help get the feeling that the Texan billionaire Stanford outsmarted the ECB Chairman Giles Clarke.
So badly is England affronted by the uncouth billionaire’s behavior, the press and the cricket administrators have demanded Giles Clarke’s resignation.
The beauty of it is Giles Clarke is no amateur when it comes to business. He is a very successful businessperson and like Stanford has a financial company among his business interests.
Let us take a quick look at his business:
Giles Clarke is chairperson and majority shareholder of a number of private companies, including ATL Telecom, a designer of data transmission chips. He founded Majestic Wine in 1981 and co-founded Pet City in 1990. Giles is a National Council member of the Learning and Skills Council, is a director of the England and Wales Cricket Board, and is non-executive chairperson of Chaco Resources plc. Giles joined the board in November 2004 and is a member of the audit committee and remuneration committee.
- ATL Telecom - Cardiff based data transmission design Equipment Company, which manufactures in China.
- Fosters Event Catering - a West Country based independent caterer.
- CCI International - the UK's largest clay pigeon equipment manufacturer.
- West Country Business Systems - develops software systems for managing independent schools.
- Boston Tea Party - a West Country based chain of coffee shops.
- Pure Wafer plc - presently the only European based silicon chip test wafer reclaim company.
It is apparent that Giles Clarke is no mean businessperson and so the theory that Stanford put one over him is absurd.
So how did Clarke fall for such a deal? It would be good if the English media exposes the truth.
Cricket News Online Live.com on Stanford & Giles Clarke
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3 comments:
Financially - there does not seem to be anything wrong with the deal is there?
Just that Stanford is way too tacky - that was known when he came in the helicopter and displayed wealth - he has now taken it to the next level..?
RS,
He was fooling around with the wives and girl friends of the English players.:)
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