   sir terence hedley matthews kbe, freng, fiee (born 6 june 1943) is a welsh-canadian business magnate, serial high tech entrepreneur, and wales' first billionaire.canadian business rich 100 he has founded or funded over 80 companies in the high tech communications field, most notably mitel and newbridge networks. he is currently the chairman of mitel and wesley clover. he owns the celtic manor and the brookstreet hotel. ==early life== terry matthews was born in newport, south wales, at what was then the lydia beynon maternity hospital. matthews would later return in his adult life to encompass the manor house that housed the hospital within the celtic manor resort. matthews grew up in the town of newbridge, caerphilly. he studied at swansea university and received an honours degree in electronics in 1969.sir terry matthews ==career== after an apprenticeship at british telecom's research lab at martlesham heath, matthews left britain and joined microsystems international, a chipmaking operation affiliated with northern telecom (which became nortel networks) in ottawa, canada. in september 2014, he was appointed the chairman of the swansea bay city region. ===mitel=== matthews' first enterprise was started in collaboration with fellow briton and microsystems employee michael cowpland in 1972. to raise seed mon
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