TRAILBLAZER
The journey of IXcellera and what it ’ s like
NAME : Guy Willner ROLE : Chairman and Co-Founder COMPANY : IXEurope to be a CE
As the Co-Founder of IXEurope , which was sold to Equinix for US $ 555mn to form Equinix Europe , and with over 20 years leadership experience in high-tech companies , Guy Willner has taken his nonpareil expertise to emerging economies , and is leading the IXcellerate team with his exceptional charisma , ‘ outof-the-box ’ thinking , international market insights and comprehensive industry knowledge .
In 1998 , he co-founded IXEurope , a market leader in high-end data centre services . He raised approximately US $ 100mn 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 Wilner received personal recognition as semi-finalist in the UK ’ s Entrepreneur of the Year ( 2003 ).
18 June 2022