Philip Hulme

Sir Philip William Hulme (born 1948) is the co-founder of Computacenter, one of the United Kingdom's largest computer businesses.

Career

Having graduated at Imperial College, London with a first class degree in engineering, Hulme secured a Harkness Fellowship and joined the MBA Programme at Harvard Business School.[1] He then joined Boston Consulting Group becoming a Vice-President and Director in 1979.[1]

Hulme, together with his former Harvard colleague Peter Ogden founded Computacenter in 1981 and expanded it into one of the United Kingdom's largest computer businesses.[1] When the Company floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1998 Hulme gave much of the proceeds from the sale of his shares to charity.[2] He served as Chairman of Computacenter from 1998 to 2001.[3]

Hulme is also a substantial shareholder in Dealogic, another British computer business.[4]

He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to technology and philanthropy.[5]

In the run-up to the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Hulme donated £25,000 to Reform UK.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Computacenter: Annual Report 1998
  2. ^ Sunday Times Rich List 2004[dead link‍]
  3. ^ Computacenter: Board of Directors
  4. ^ Cazenove leads Dealogic flotation Financial News, 14 April 2004
  5. ^ "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B2.
  6. ^ Scott, Jennifer (15 July 2024). "Tories received £50,000 donation from firm linked to convicted billionaire businessman". Sky News. Retrieved 5 August 2024.


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