astronomy

Olaf Swantee

Olaf Swantee is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Olaf Swantee rather than just read about it. In short: Olaf Swantee (born 31 January 1966) is a Dutch businessman, and the former Chief Executive of EE Limited (formerly Everything Everywhere), a British telecommunications company. Early life He is the second son of a legal professional.

Key takeaways

Olaf Swantee belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Olaf Swantee to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Olaf Swantee from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Olaf Swantee (born 31 January 1966) is a Dutch businessman, and the former Chief Executive of EE Limited (formerly Everything Everywhere), a British telecommunications company.

Early life He is the second son of a legal professional. He went to school in Hilversum in North Holland at the Nieuwe Lyceum Hilversum Gymnasium. He went to the University of Amsterdam to study Economics. Later he did an MBA at EAP (École des Affaires de Paris) in Paris, Berlin, and Oxford, which became ESCP Europe, in 1989. At Oxford he took up rowing.

Career He started with Compaq, then moved to the Digital Equipment Corporation, which was bought by Compaq in 1998. HP bought Compaq in 2002.

Orange He joined Orange in 2007. He served as Head of Mobile Operations of Europe & Middle East of France Telecom at Orange Home UK Limited since August 2007 and served as its Executive Vice President of Europe of France Telecom.

Everything Everywhere He became Chief Executive of EE on 1 September 2011. EE has a main office in Paddington. EE has around 580 stores, and is known for its cinema adverts with Kevin Bacon. In January 2015 it was announced that BT would buy EE for £12.5bn. Everything Everywhere had been formed on 1 July 2010. On 4 January 2016 EE announced that Swantee would be standing down as CEO after the acquisition by BT was completed.

Sunrise From 9 May 2016 to 3 January 2020 Swantee was CEO of Swiss telecommunications company Sunrise.

Personal life He has a Swedish wife. His son Gustav, who is currently studying at university of St. Gallen in Switzerland, and two daughters were born in Switzerland (Zurich). He lives in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

See also Marc Bolland, Dutch chief executive of M&S since 2010 Dame Patricia Hodgson, Chairman since 2014 of Ofcom

References

External links EE 4G networks in August 2012

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Olaf Swantee

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Olaf Swantee claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Olaf Swantee before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Olaf Swantee ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Olaf Swantee

In research: Olaf Swantee appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Olaf Swantee in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Olaf Swantee is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1966 births, Businesspeople in the telecommunications industry, Dutch chief executives in technology, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Olaf Swantee outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Olaf Swantee in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Olaf Swantee means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Olaf Swantee out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Olaf Swantee in simple terms?

Olaf Swantee (born 31 January 1966) is a Dutch businessman, and the former Chief Executive of EE Limited (formerly Everything Everywhere), a British telecommunications company. Early life He is the second son of a legal professional.

Why does Olaf Swantee matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Olaf Swantee?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Olaf Swantee.