As the Co-Founder of IXEurope, which was sold to Equinix for US$555 million to form Equinix Europe, with over 20 years leadership experience in high-tech companies, Guy has taken his nonpareil expertise to emerging econo mies, and is leading the IХcellerate team with his exceptional charisma, ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking, international market insights and comprehensive industry knowledge…
In 1998, Guy co-founded IXEurope, a market leader in high-end data centre services. He raised approximately $100 million in venture capital as CEO of IXEurope as the company’s revenues grew over 600% in its first 3 years. IXEurope was listed as the UK’s fastest growing company in the 2002 Sunday Times Tech Track 100, and Guy received personal recognition as semi-finalist in the UK’s Entrepreneur of the Year (2003). IXEurope was acquired by EquinixInc in 2007 for $555 million. Prior to founding IXEurope, Guy worked for CompagnieGenerale des Eaux (now Vivendi Group) between 1992 and 1998 both in the UK and in Hungary to establish a telecommunications operator culminating in a $210 million EBRD funding.
Prior to 1992 he began his career with Philips NV in Paris and Vienna, working in CDROM, Smart Card and Minitel technologies.
Guy graduated in 1986 from Oxford Brookes University with a BSc in Engineering.