Michael Edwardes
@michaeledwardes
South African writer (1930–2019)
Building Mercury Communications as Founder · United Kingdom
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1930–2019
- Educated at
- Rhodes University
About
Michael Edwardes (1930–2019) was a writer. They were born in Gqeberha. They studied at Rhodes University.
In context
Mercury Communications was founded in 1981 and closed in 1997, after 16 years. Among the 10 other telecommunications companies founded in the 1980s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 17 years, so this one closed earlier than most.
Contribution
Michael's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.