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About Peter:

Peter played an ace when he founded his tennis academy at 16 and has rarely double faulted since.

Peter's career to date

Peter's entrepreneurial journey started early when, at the age of 16, he founded a tennis academy. His career then took a technical curve, setting up a computer business and later a computer support company.

At the age of 28, Peter joined corporate giant Siemens Nixdorf and ran its computer business in the UK. In 1998 he founded Phones International Group, a telecommunications firm that now generates revenues in excess of £200m.

His business interests range from telecoms, leisure, publishing as well as TV and media. Peter has won many national awards, including Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year in 2001. Now in his early forties, Peter is considered to be one of the UK’s leading young businessmen.

The Peter Jones Foundation was established in 2005, to offer funding and support to underprivileged children in the UK.