Christopher C. King is a Senior Telecom Services Analyst and Principal at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., where he covers telecommunications and cable services firms. His current coverage universe consists of a focus on Latin American and emerging market wireless carriers, as well as rural local exchange carriers, RLECs, the Regional Bell Operating Companies, RBOCs, in addition to several national independent wireless carriers. Mr. King joined the Legg Mason telecommunications equity research team in January 2001. He was an Equities Trader and Fixed Income Analyst with Wachovia Bank and Allfirst (Allied Irish) Bank, and prior to joining Legg Mason/Stifel, he spent five years as a Financial Analyst with Allfirst in the company’s brokerage and capital markets groups. In 2010 Mr. King was a number one Financial Times/StarMine award winner for earnings accuracy in diversified telecommunications services. Mr. King has a bachelor’s degree in politics and economics from Wake Forest University, and an MBA with a concentration in finance from the University of Maryland.
