John Malone

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John Malone (born March 7, 1941 in Milford , Connecticut ) is an American entrepreneur and publisher .

Life

Malone studied at Yale University , New York University, and Johns Hopkins University . He has degrees in economics and electrical engineering , as well as a doctorate in operations research . From 1973 to 1996, Malone was president of cable television company Tele-Communications Inc. John Malone, through media company Liberty Media , of which he is president, holds a 32% stake in media company News Corporation and 26% in cable company Charter Communications . In 2017, Liberty Media also acquired the rights to Formula 1. In Germany, the cable network operator Unitymedia belonged to Liberty Global until it was sold to Vodafone .

The next largest shareholder in the News Corporation is the Saudi Arabian Prince al-Walid ibn Talal . His Kingdom Holding holds seven percent of the shares in 2005.

Malone is married and has two children. He lives with his family in Parker , Colorado .

capital

According to the US American Forbes Magazine , Malone is one of the richest Americans and is listed at number 162 in The World's Billionaires in 2015 . According to the Forbes list, his fortune is approximately 8.3 billion US dollars (as of 2015). As a private individual, he is one of the largest landowners in the United States with 930,000 acres and owns land in the states of Maine, Maryland, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Formula 1: Ecclestone's next trial of strength , FAZ.net, September 5, 2016.
  2. ^ Christian Sylt: Revealed: How Liberty Media Bought Formula One For $ 301 Million. Retrieved March 17, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ Murdoch's son sees pay doubled ahead of exit , Daily Telegraph, August 26, 2005.
  4. ↑ Charlie Rose interview with Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , video.google.com  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / video.google.com
  5. ↑ Mega-Farm: 7 of the largest farms in the world. Eva Eckinger / Farmers Weekly on agrarheute.com, February 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ John Mallone, The World's Billionaires , on forbes.com.
personal data
SURNAME Malone, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Milford , Connecticut