Rake (surname)
Rake is the surname of: * Alan Rake (born 1933), English journalist and writer * Christer Rake (born 1987), Norwegian former professional Road Racing Cyclist * Jeff Rake (born 1966), American television producer and writer * Michael Rake (born 1948), British businessman * Rodolfo Rake Rodolfo "Rudy" Rake (born 13 July 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Peru. Career Rake, who was born in Lima, moved to Florida in 1993. He was a top ranking junior in the United States and finished runner-up in the 1997 "18 and Und ...

Alan Rake
Alan Rake (born 1933) is an English journalist and writer about Africa. Life Alan Rake was educated at Oxford University, where he studied Philosophy, politics and economics. He was invited by Jim Bailey, also educated at Oxford, to work for ''Drum'' magazine. In the late 1950s he opened a Nairobi office for the magazine, working as its East African editor. In the early 1960s he briefly worked for ''Drum'' in South Africa, and as General Manager of ''Drum'' in West Africa, before continuing to work for East African ''Drum'' as a London-based editor. In 1968 he was briefly editor of the newsletter ''Africa Confidential ''Africa Confidential'' is a fortnightly newsletter covering politics and economics in Africa. It was established in 1960 and is owned by the British company Asempa Limited. Founded by a group of six individuals under the banner of Miramoor Pub ...''. In 1969 he started editing the monthly London-based '' African Development'' magazine, later renamed ''New Afr ...
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Christer Rake
Christer Rake (born 19 March 1987 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian former professional road racing cyclist. Major results ;2009 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Arno Wallaard Memorial : 6th Overall Ringerike GP : 10th Prague–Karlovy Vary–Prague ;2010 : 1st Overall Ringerike GP ::1st Stage 4 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::4th Time trial : 4th Overall Tour of China ;2011 : 7th Overall Tour of Norway ::1st Stage 5 : 7th Overall Tour of China The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ... ;2012 : 2nd Overall Mi-Août Bretonne References External links * 1987 births Living people Norwegian male cyclists Cyclists from Stavanger 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-cycling-bio-stub ...
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Jeff Rake
Jeffrey Paul Rake is an American television producer and writer. He is known for his work on ''Boston Legal'' and creating the NBC shows ''Manifest'', '' The Mysteries of Laura'' and '' Miss Match''. Biography Rake was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Encino, Los Angeles. He attended Harvard-Westlake School and graduated from Columbia University in 1990. He was the president of Columbia College Student Council during his senior year. At Columbia, he was also a classmate of television producer Gina Fattore and Academy Award-winning film producer Dede Gardner. He received a J.D. degree from UC Berkeley School of Law, where he was a finalist in the James Patterson McBaine Honors Moot Court Competition and an executive editor of the ''California Law Review''. After graduating from law school, Rake clerked for two federal judges and joined one of L.A.'s top law firms. During his tenure as a lawyer, he took a leave of absence and wrote the musical ''Hound Dog: A hip hOpera, ...
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Michael Rake
Sir Michael Derek Vaughan Rake (born 17 January 1948) is a British businessman, former chairman of BT Group, former chairman of Worldpay and a director of S&P Global. He served as president of the CBI from 2013 until 2015. He was appointed to the board of Huawei Technologies UK on 14 April 2020, having worked as an advisor for the company since 1 January 2019. Early life Rake was born in Rugby on 17 January 1948, the son of Group Captain Derek Shannon Vaughan Rake OBE AFC and Bar and Rosamond née Barrett. He went to prep school in Devon, followed by Wellington College. He qualified as a chartered accountant. Career He joined KPMG in 1974, and worked in continental Europe before transferring to the Middle East to run the practice for three years in 1986. He transferred to London in 1989, became a member of the UK board in 1991, had a number of leadership roles in the UK before being elected UK Senior Partner in 1998. He was Chairman of KPMG in Europe and Senior Partner of K ...
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