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	Craig McCaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		McCaw's father J. Elroy was a broadcasting magnate, in the business of buying and selling TV and radio stations which brought in wealth, but also incurred significant debts.
		By the 1980s, McCaw Cable Vision was the 20th largest cable carrier in the United States.
		In 1990, McCaw was the highest paid CEO in the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Craig_McCaw (516 words)

	the magazine - Craig McCaw
		His father, J. Elroy McCaw, was a pioneer in radio and television, and earned a living that kept all six McCaw's—Elroy and wife Marion and, in order, sons Bruce, Craig, John, and Keith—housed in Seattle's posh Highlands district.
		McCaw at public gatherings is to witness the unfortunate effects of his dyslexia—he is shy and unassuming, visibly uncomfortable during his rare public speaking engagements.
		McCaw credits his ability to see circumstances from unique perspectives—to see, for example, the potential of cellular communications, an insight that seems obvious now but that was uncommon in its day—to the challenges of growing up dyslexic.
	www.thealarmclock.com /magazine/magContent/mccaw.htm (618 words)

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		Craig McCaw, the Seattle telecommunications entrepreneur, has at least two things in common with Larry Ellison, the president and chief executive officer of the Oracle Corporation: a fortune that is reportedly worth billions, and a new syndicate readying to race for the America's Cup in 2003.
		McCaw says he is a student of the cup and he also seems sensitive to how his campaign will ultimately be judged.
		McCaw did not specifically talk about the budget for his campaign, but he often returned to the theme that he would not measure success solely by the number of races won.
	www.chez.com /hauraki/LatestNews/OneWorld-LN.htm (2426 words)

	the magazine - Craig McCaw pg. 2
		Craig assumed control of the family's finances—he took a year off from Stanford to help his mother and, after returning to college, ran Twin Cities from his dorm room.
		McCaw is just another disingenuous billionaire do-gooder, with a PR machine so refined as to give him an aura of mystery.
		McCaw's youth provides two crucial clues to the person behind the persona—his dyslexia accounts for his disinterest in publicity, his relationship with his father offers a window into his professional inspiration.
	www.thealarmclock.com /magazine/magContent/mc2.htm (769 words)

	Context October/November 2000 Issue -- Book Excerpt: High Wire(less) Act
		McCaw thinks people should be able to have high-speed telecommunications access from any point in the world, be it a cabin in the Cascade Mountains or a remote village in Asia.
		McCaw was headed south on Washington’s Interstate 5, bound for a conference near Portland, Ore., that was devoted to a new kind of service being developed principally by AT&T: cellular telephones.
		Craig McCaw already knew about pagers from his father, who in 1962 had carried one of Seattle’s first to help showcase the technology at that year’s Century 21 Exposition.
	www.contextmag.com /archives/200010/BookExcerpt.asp (2119 words)

	Craig McCaw Resigns From Nextel Board - BizReport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Wireless entrepreneur Craig McCaw, whose $1.1 billion investment in 1995 helped revive Nextel Communications Inc., has resigned from the mobile phone company's board of directors.
		McCaw, who has reduced his Nextel investment substantially over the past year, left to pursue other endeavors and to make room for independent directors on the board, Nextel said Tuesday.
		McCaw built one of the first mobile-phone networks in the 1980's, when he snagged local permits sold by the Federal Communications Commission.
	www.bizreport.com /print/5645 (312 words)

	Craig O. McCaw Biography -- Academy of Achievement
		Craig O. McCaw was born in Centralia, Washington, the second of four sons of Marion and John Elroy McCaw.
		Although Craig was dyslexic, he made an extra effort in school both at his prep school in Seattle and at Stanford University, where he studied history.
		When Craig was still a sophomore in college, his father died, leaving a heavy burden of debt and taxes.
	www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/mcc0bio-1 (981 words)

	Craig McCaw's Prized Possession May Soon File For Bankruptcy - Broadband Week 02/25/2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1969, Craig O. McCaw, then a 19-year-old sophomore at Stanford University, found his father, J. Elroy McCaw, dead of a stroke in the family's Seattle mansion, the Highlands.
		Only after Elroy's death did Craig and the rest of the McCaw family discover that the radio and television tycoon had piled up a mountain of debt.
		However, McCaw may draw criticism for selling XO stock while it was soaring, a move similar to that of Global Crossing Chairman Gary Winnick.
	www.broadbandweek.com /news/020225/020225_biz_craig.htm (685 words)

	Sigma Rho Alumnus Craig McCaw '72
		McCaw's stake in XO Communications peaked at $5.3 billion in 2000 and then evaporated when the company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2002.
		McCaw's next coup came in 1989, when he out-dueled Atlanta- based BellSouth Corp., a regional phone company spawned by ATandT's breakup, for New York-based LIN Broadcasting Corp. McCaw Cellular won LIN's valuable New York cellular licenses with the $3.4 billion purchase, completed in 1990.
		McCaw never let the pressure show, recalls Deal, his high school friend, who by then was running a real estate business from the same building as McCaw.
	www.godeke.org /News/SigmaRhoAlumnus_CraigMcCaw.htm (4404 words)

	Mobile Monday - Breaking News: Craig McCaw pioneering wireless broadband
		McCaw’s influence is seen in the both recent mega billion operator deals: Cingular’s USD 41 billion buyout of AT&T Wireless and Sprint’s proposed $35 billion merger with Nextel Communications.
		McCaw was indirectly involved in both, cementing his place as a mobile phone pioneer who operates on a grand scale.
		As the founder of McCaw Cellular, which was sold to AT&T for USD 11.5 billion in 1994, McCaw helped establish the Seattle area as a hotbed for wireless technologies.
	www.mobilemonday.net /mm/story.php?id=4029 (602 words)

	FindProfit.com Profitmap: Craig McCaw Makes Restructured Telecom Bet
		While McCaw's golden touch has been noticeably off in recent years, as he's lost a bundle investing in satellite ventures, I still consider him to be extremely smart money.
		McCaw was a pioneer of the U.S. telecom industry, having sold his McCaw Cellular to AT&T for $11.5 billion back in 1994.
		We of course love seeing McCaw betting on AboveNet right now, as our new special report "Profiting from the Telecom Phoenix", which looks in depth at the most promising ideas in telecom land and our investment thesis on the sector, will be released tomorrow.
	www.findprofit.com /archive/3097.html (507 words)

	Broadband Wireless: Craig McCaw BWIA Venture Emerges From Stealth Mode
		McCaw's intent is to initially target Tier II cities; Nextel and Sprint currently hold the vast majority of Tier I of 2.5 - 2.69 GHz licenses.
		McCaw is in the process of integrating and relocating all the management and administrative functions of the acquired companies and the new functions in Kirkland, WA...
		McCaw's new venture is now operating under the brand of Clearwire, and the web page is operational now at www.clearwire.com.
	www.corante.com /bwia/archives/003417.html (487 words)

	Amazon.com: Money from Thin Air: The Story of Craig McCaw, the Visionary who Invented the Cell Phone Industry, and His ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The dissolution and triumphant reconstruction of the McCaw family fortune is an intricate tale of shrewdly choreographed deals, and Corr tells it well, in an assured, crystal-clear and tautly paced entrepreneurial narrative.
		McCaw may not have invented cellular communications, but he earned his place at the top of the industry as one of the first entrepreneurs who believed that the public would embrace mobile phones.
		This book is obviously the story of Craig McCaw and how he made his fortune in the cellular phone market.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812926978?v=glance (1970 words)

	Craig McCaw Leaving Nextel Board
		Wireless entrepreneur Craig McCaw left Nextel's (NXTL:Nasdaq) board Monday, eight years after he resuscitated the then-struggling cell-phone outfit with a billion-dollar investment.
		As part of his 1995 investment, McCaw got the rights to three of the company's 11 board positions as long as his stake remained at least 5%.
		McCaw rose to prominence in the 1980s, building the first nationwide wireless company and then selling it to ATandT (T:NYSE) in the mid-1990s for some $11 billion.
	www.thestreet.com /pf/tech/telecom/10129331.html (168 words)

	FindProfit.com Profitmap: Shedding Light On Craig McCaw's Fixed Wireless Plans
		As 2003 came to a close, McCaw resigned from the Board of Directors at Nextel (NXTL) and began acquiring spectrum.
		McCaw, according to the magazine, may attempt to roll-out a nationwide wireless broadband service.
		McCaw, according to Business Week, won't wait for WiMax to start his push, but he's likely to adopt the equipment when it becomes available.
	www.findprofit.com /archive/4810.html (1057 words)

	Free Press : Craig McCaw's secret plan
		While small companies have been using the wireless technology in isolated markets, McCaw is the first person who has the money, reputation, and skill to take on the current broadband players across the country on a large scale.
		McCaw’s venture-capital arm was impressed and took a stake in NextNet.
		On May 5, McCaw joined in on Microcell’s quarterly earnings call with investors and said he was particularly interested in how Microcell could offer a combination of wireless broadband and wireless voice service that bypasses phone companies completely.
	www.freepress.net /news/article.php?id=3555 (1553 words)

	bookofjoe: Craig McCaw: 'He's back'
		McCaw's had some big-time failures as well as his 1994 home run; he founded NextLink Communications, eventually renamed XO, a wireless and wired communications company that went bankrupt.
		McCaw has ambitious plans to set up a U.S. network offering broadband Internet access, focusing on metropolitan markets as well as areas that aren't now served by services based on cable or digital subscriber-line technology.
		McCaw built one of the first national cellular networks, which he sold to AT&T Corp. in 1994 for $11.5 billion.
	www.bookofjoe.com /2004/10/craig_mccaw_hes.html (721 words)

	The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Craig McCaw describes a global wireless world
		With his new venture — Kirkland-based Clearwire —; drawing public curiosity, McCaw spoke yesterday and Monday to the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment 2004 conference in San Francisco.
		McCaw "is "one of the guys whose passion continues to press the envelope," Largent said in introducing McCaw.
		When McCaw took the stage, he quipped that he would prefer to be behind the scenes.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/businesstechnology/2002074836_mccaw28.html (753 words)

	Craig mccaw at MetaFoxx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Craig O. McCaw was born in Centralia, Washington, the second of four sons of Marion and John Elroy
		McCaw anecdote that supplied detail, but somehow only made his character more intriguing and more unknowable,'' he writes.
		Craig took the helm of the cable company and set out to rebuild his family name.
	metafoxx.com /craig+mccaw (220 words)

	Nextel's Dan Akerson to Join Telecommunications Pioneer Craig McCaw as Co-Chairman of Eagle River
		Craig O. McCaw, whose family began investing in Nextel in 1995, currently serves as chairman of the operations committee and as a member of the company's board.
		"Craig and Dan have demonstrated time and again their leadership and vision and I am confident that I can reward the faith and trust they have placed in me by leading Nextel to even greater success in the years to come.
		Through Eagle River, McCaw and his team provide access to capital, strategic and operating expertise, and a focus on quality of service that was the hallmark of McCaw's success at McCaw Cellular Communications, the cellular business that was sold to AT&T in 1994.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/07-15-1999/0000981751 (943 words)

	Investors Led By Craig McCaw to Provide Financing for Iridium
		A group of investors led by telecommunications pioneer Craig McCaw has agreed, subject to certain conditions, to provide $74.6 million in interim financing for Iridium LLC, which operates the world's first handheld global satellite communications system.
		However, based on its debt level in excess of $4 billion and the legal priorities in bankruptcy, the company continues to believe that any reorganization will not result in value remaining from the bankruptcy estate for current holders of its publicly traded equity or unsecured debt.
		Craig McCaw is chairman and chief executive officer of Eagle River, Inc., a company formed to make strategic investments in telecommunications ventures.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/iridium-00a.html (564 words)

	48° North - America's Cup Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although much has been written about Craig McCaw's forming of OneWorld Challenge, sailing for the Seattle Yacht Club out of Seattle, many would be surprised to know that he was actually involved in Team New Zealand's last defense of the Cup as their largest non-corporate sponsor.
		McCaw's first call was to Gary Wright who was working for him and had been involved in previous America's Cup challenges.
		McCaw also had his own ideas as to how a campaign could and should be run.
	www.48north.com /feb_2003/mccaw.htm (496 words)

	Craig McCaw isn't talking.
		From it, as with the others, McCaw's views are heard tumbling out of the mouths of the people he's put in charge.
		Nextlink is like other McCaw gigs in the way it treats its employees, at least according to the employees.
		Says there's a McCaw formula: An opportunity is tapped and a frantic pace follows, but everyone associated with the effort is handed fulfilling fragments.
	telephonyonline.com /mag/telecom_craig_mccaw_isnt (1327 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 99089068
		And he shows how McCaw is now creating another new industry that could dwarf the accomplishments of Gates and Rockefeller put together, an "Internet in the Sky" that will provide high-speed data access to any point in the world.
		Craig McCaw's father literally ran his multimillion-dollar radio and television business out of his hat, and when he died suddenly at an early age, the family's bank declared the estate insolvent.
		McCaw, then only twenty years old, rejected the advice of more experienced businessmen and began investing the money he got from his father's life insurance in a series of businesses most thought worthless, or at best, extremely risky.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/random042/99089068.html (632 words)

	RadioFrame Networks - Craig McCaw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Craig McCaw, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eagle River LLC.
		Craig O. McCaw is Chairman, CEO and President of Eagle River, a private company that focuses on strategic investments in the communications industry.
		Prior to Eagle River, McCaw served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc., which he built into the nation's leading provider of cellular services in more than 100 U.S. cities, until the company was sold to AT&T Corporation in August 1994.
	www.radioframe.com /company/board/mccaw.php (182 words)

	Craig O. McCaw Profile -- Academy of Achievement
		When Craig McCaw's father died, his mother was forced to liquidate the family businesses one by one to pay his debts and taxes.
		By the end of the 1980s, McCaw's Cellular One was the best known brand in the business, and McCaw Cellular had built a national network that dwarfed its competitors.
		McCaw sold the cellular business to AT&T for $11.5 billion, only to embark on an even more ambitious venture, to bring the information age to the farthest corners of the earth.
	www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/mcc0pro-1 (316 words)

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