Graham Howe (businessman)

Graham Edward Howe (born 23 May 1961) is a British entrepreneur and businessman who founded Orange with Hans Snook.

Graham began his career at Touche Ross (now Deloitte LLP) working in the Manchester audit department.

In the late 80s he moved to Hong Kong where he met Hans Snook whilst working at Hutchison Whampoa.

[1] In October 1999, Orange UK was bought for £21bn by Düsseldorf-based Mannesmann AG, then run by Klaus Esser.

Howe and Snook reportedly earn't £29m and £45m respectively from the crystallisation of share options post acquisition.