Vishok Persaud
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Vishok Persaud is a Guyanese entrepreneur and racing driver. He is the founder and chief executive of ENet (formerly E-Networks), a telecom operator in Guyana.[1] Under his tenure the company launched a 4G/5G VoLTE network in 2022-2023 and expanded national fibre connectivity.[2] As a participant in national circuit racing, he set lap records at the South Dakota Circuit and the 2024 Group 4 (2WD) title.[3][4]
Early life and family
[edit]Persaud is the son of Reepu Daman Persaud, a long-serving politician and Hindu priest, and the brother of physician and minister Vindhya Persaud.[5][6]
He attended Queen’s College in Georgetown. In 2023, he and his siblings funded a media room for the school’s student journalism program.[7]
Business career
[edit]Persaud founded E-Networks (rebranded as ENet) in 2003 and serves as the company’s CEO.[1] The firm expanded fixed broadband and pay-TV services and developed international connectivity via submarine fibre links from Georgetown to Barbados,[8] with domestic extensions along the Essequibo Coast and to Bartica.[9][10] Following the liberalization of Guyana’s telecoms market in October 2020, ENet obtained a public telecommunications licence and launched a 4G/5G VoLTE mobile network in 2022-2023.[11][1]
Motorsport
[edit]Persaud competes in Group 4 (two-wheel drive) circuit racing with a KTM X-Bow at the GMR&SC’s South Dakota Circuit.[12] He broke the Group 4 lap record at the ENet Caribbean Clash of Champions in November 2023 with a 1:16.691 lap,[13][14] set an endurance-meet lap record of 1:22.42 in January 2024 while winning the South Dakota 100 endurance race,[3] and secured the 2024 Group 4 (2WD) drivers’ championship at the season finale.[4][15]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "President Ali is ENet's first official 5G mobile subscriber". News Room (Guyana). 4 January 2023.
- ↑ Barton, James (27 October 2022). "E-Networks launches 5G VoLTE mobile network in Guyana". Developing Telecoms.
- 1 2 "Persaud sets new 'Endurance' lap record at South Dakota". Stabroek News. 29 January 2024.
- 1 2 "Persaud captures Group 4 title as Jeffrey, Linfoot set new records". Stabroek News. 13 November 2024.
- ↑ "Pandit 'Reep' cremated". Stabroek News. 12 April 2013.
- ↑ "Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud cremated; thousands turned out to pay their last respects". Guyana Chronicle. 12 April 2013.
- ↑ "QC's Lictor gets new media room compliments of Vindhya Persaud and siblings". Stabroek News. 27 January 2023.
- ↑ "Minister Jordan tours E-Networks' subsea cable landing station". News Room (Guyana). 30 January 2020.
- ↑ "E-Networks submarine cable to create 'significant' opportunities in Essequibo – President". Stabroek News. 22 July 2021.
- ↑ "ENet commissions fibre-optic cable at Bartica". Stabroek News. 8 August 2025.
- ↑ "Service providers granted new licenses to operate in liberalised sector". News Room (Guyana). 6 October 2020.
- ↑ "Persaud, Vieiras among top performers at GMR&SC Circuit Racing Series". Stabroek News. 23 April 2024.
- ↑ "Driver Vishok Persaud breaks Group 4 lap record during final race thriller". Kaieteur News. 7 November 2023.
- ↑ GTIMES (6 November 2023). "Team Mohamed's bikers dominate at ENet's "Clash of Champions"". Guyana Times.
- ↑ "Vishok Persaud seals 2024 Group Four Championship". News Room Guyana. 11 November 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website – ENet (company)