Terry Matthews
| Terry Matthews KBE, FREng, FIEE |
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|---|---|
| Born |
Terence Hedley Matthews 6 June 1943 Newport, Wales, UK |
| Residence | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Citizenship | Canadian, British |
| Alma mater | Swansea University |
| Occupation |
Chairman of Mitel Chairman of Wesley Clover |
| Net worth | $2.04 billion (2016) |
| Title | Sir |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Matthews |
| Children | 4 Karen Sparks (b. 1981) Trevor Matthews (b. 1982) |
Sir Terence Hedley Matthews KBE, FREng,FIEE (born 6 June 1943), is a Welsh-Canadian business magnate, serial high-tech entrepreneur, and Wales' first billionaire.
He has founded or funded over 100 companies in the high tech communications field, most notably Mitel and Newbridge Networks. He is the chairman of Mitel, Wesley Clover, and the Swansea Bay City Region board. He owns the Celtic Manor Resort, KRP Properties, the Brookstreet Hotel, and the Marshes Golf Club.
Matthews was born in Newport, South Wales, at the then Lydia Beynon Maternity Hospital. Matthews returned as an adult to include the manor house that housed the hospital within the Celtic Manor Resort. He grew up in the town of Newbridge, Caerphilly. He studied at Swansea University and received a bachelor's degree in electronics in 1969.
After an apprenticeship at British Telecom's research lab at Martlesham Heath, Matthews left Britain and joined MicroSystems International, a chipmaking operation affiliated with Northern Telecom (which became Nortel Networks) in Ottawa, Canada.
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