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Charles Giles Clarke, CBE (born 29 May 1953 in Bristol〔(Bio at CricInfo )〕) is an English businessman and cricket administrator, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board. Born in Bristol, Clarke was educated at Rugby School. He then went studied at Oriel College, University of Oxford where graduated with an MA in Persian with Arabic; reportedly he paid his way through by way of his exploits at gambling.〔(The incoming chairman of the ECB promises to be more controversial, more decisive and far more outspoken ) ''The Times'', 26 September 2007〕 He then spent a year at the University of Damascus Arabic language school.〔(Entrepreneurs Question Time ) SetSquared – 4 October 2007〕 ==Business career== Clarke began his career as an investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston. In 1981 he bought from receivership the assets of what was to become Majestic Wine,〔(About Us: National Council – C Giles Clarke ) Learning & Skills Council〕 where, as chairman, he built it into a UK national chain. From August 1987 to May 1988, Clarke was chairman of Majestic Wine Corporation Inc, a United States company which owned a chain of 104 stores trading as Liquor Barn in California and Arizona.〔(tecc-IS plc – Directorate Change ) digitallook.com – 12 December 2003〕 Following disposal of the US based businesses, he sold the UK plc business of Majestic Wines for £15 million in 1989. In 1990, Clarke founded Pet City, where, as CEO, he built it into a chain of 94 stores (also dressing up at Xmas in the Swindon Store). After taking the business public in 1995, he sold the business for £150 million in 1996 to US based PetsMart.〔(How to lose a fortune in two years ) Independent – 24 February 1999〕 In 1998, Clarke founded Safestore, building it into the UK's third largest self storage company, selling it to Bridgepoint Capital for £44million in August 2003.〔(Soros makes a loss in Safestore's £40m management buyout ) Independent – 22 August 2003〕 In 1999 Mr Clarke became CEO of Stepstone,〔http://specials.ft.com/ftit/march2001/FT336FDYWJC.html〕 an online career portal. Since he came on board, the company has raised NKr1.8bn ($197m) from the IPO in 2000 and grew from four countries and 200 employees to a staff of 1,385 in 18 countries. Clarke is currently Chairman and controlling shareholder, via his company Westleigh Investments, of: *ATL Telecom – Cardiff based data transmission design equipment company, which manufactures in China〔(ATL Telecom announces £20 million 3 year contract to provide enhancements to BT’s KiloStream network ) ATL Telecom〕〔(Interview with Giles Clarke – West Country Financier and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ATL Telecom Ltd ) Commonwealth Government & Business Guide to Information and Communication Technology〕 *Fosters Event Catering – a West Country-based independent caterer〔(Fosters spread the word and their Wings ) Fosters Catering – 14 February 2007〕 *CCI International – the UK's largest clay pigeon equipment manufacturer〔(About Us ) CCI International〕 *West Country Business Systems – develops software systems for managing independent schools. *Boston Tea Party – a West Country-based chain of coffee shops *Clarke is the non-executive deputy chairman of Pure Wafer plc – presently the only European based silicon chip test wafer reclaim company〔(About Us ) Pure Wafer plc〕 Clarke is also Chairman of oil and gas explorer Amerisur Resources PLC (formerly known as Chaco Resources,〔(Market profile – Energised: Giles Clarke ) The Telegraph – 21 May 2007〕 ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giles Clarke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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