Guy Willner is the Executive Chairman of International Data Centre Group, headquartered in London and is heading a new venture in Russia as Chairman of Data Gardens.
He worked for Vivendi Group from 1992 to 1998 both in the UK and in Hungary to establish a telecoms operator culminating in a $210million EBRD funding. Willner began his career with Philips NV in Paris working in CDROM, Smart Card and telematics technologies. Guy holds a BSc Hons Engineering at Oxford Brookes University. He was a co-founder of European-based carrier-neutral data centre company IXEurope, which was bought by US group Equinix in 2007, in a $482 million deal.
Willner has more than 15 years of senior leadership experience in hi-tech companies. He founded UK-based colocation provider IXEurope in 1998, forging strategic relationships with key accounts as the company's turnover grew over 600% in the first three years. His leadership team grew IXEurope into a London Stock Exchange-listed business, operating 14 large-scale data centres in four countries, before it was bought by Nasdaq-listed Equinix. Equinix is the largest global operator of network-neutral data centres and Internet exchange services. Willner served in a non-excutive role and as president of Equinix Europe until June 2008 and March 2009 respectively.
He worked for Vivendi Group from 1992 to 1998 both in the UK and in Hungary to establish a telecoms operator culminating in a $210million EBRD funding. Willner began his career with Philips NV in Paris working in CDROM, Smart Card and telematics technologies. Guy holds a BSc Hons Engineering at Oxford Brookes University. He was a co-founder of European-based carrier-neutral data centre company IXEurope, which was bought by US group Equinix in 2007, in a $482 million deal.
Willner has more than 15 years of senior leadership experience in hi-tech companies. He founded UK-based colocation provider IXEurope in 1998, forging strategic relationships with key accounts as the company's turnover grew over 600% in the first three years. His leadership team grew IXEurope into a London Stock Exchange-listed business, operating 14 large-scale data centres in four countries, before it was bought by Nasdaq-listed Equinix. Equinix is the largest global operator of network-neutral data centres and Internet exchange services. Willner served in a non-excutive role and as president of Equinix Europe until June 2008 and March 2009 respectively.
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