Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> July 31, 2000

Rocco Commisso – Mediacom Communications Corporation (mccc)

ROCCO B. COMMISSO is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mediacom Communications Corporation, the ninth largest cable television company in the United States serving approximately 820,000 basic subscribers in 23 states, including its pending acquisitions. Mediacom was founded in 1995, to acquire and operate cable systems principally in non-metropolitan markets and today offers an array of broadband services, including cable television, high-speed Internet access and advanced digital video programming. From 1986 to 1995, Mr. Commisso served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Cablevision Industries Corporation, which was the eighth largest cable television company serving 1.3 million customers, at the time of its sale to Time Warner Inc. in 1996. Prior to that time, Mr. Commisso served as Senior Vice President of Royal Bank of Canada's affiliate in the United States from 1981, where he founded and directed a specialized lending group to media and communications companies. Mr. Commisso began his association with the cable industry in 1978 at The Chase Manhattan Bank, where he was assigned to manage the bank's corporate finance activities with media and entertainment companies, including the cable television industry. Mr. Commisso serves on the Board of Directors of SoftNet Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFN), the National Cable Television Association, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., and C-SPAN. Recently, he was the recipient of the 2000 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Southwest Connecticut/New York Hudson Valley. Mr. Commisso holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University. Profile
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Mr. Commisso: Mediacom is the ninth largest cable television company