Company · Telecommunications · founded 1996
Qwest
U.S. telecommunications carrier founded by Philip Anschutz, who built its fiber-optic network on rights-of-way from his railroad holdings. He chaired its board and hired Joseph Nacchio as CEO in 1997.
Of the 2 people here linked to Qwest, 1 is a founder and 0 are still there. 1 of them also appear at Archer Aviation. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.
2 people at Qwest
Founder Past
Role
Founder; director and chairman of the board from November 1993, non-executive co-chairman until 2002, 1993–2006
Source
· medium confidence. Wikipedia reports he stepped down as non-executive co-chairman in 2002 but stayed on the board, and that in February 2006 he would not run for re-election to the Qwest and Union Pacific boards. The Qwest page gives 1996 as its founding year; the founder claim on the Anschutz page carries a citation-needed tag.
Energy · Telecommunications · Real Estate · Transportation & Logistics 2 / 0
Philip Anschutz
Founder, The Anschutz Corporation; oil, railroad, telecom and real-estate investor
comfortable · some · college degree
Executive Past
Role
Chief financial officer of US West from 1999; vice president of finance at the merged Qwest until 2001, 1999–2001
Also at
Source
· high confidence. US West merged with Qwest in 2000.
Transportation & Logistics 8 / 6
Oscar Munoz
Former CEO and Chairman, United Airlines
working-class · outsider · graduate degree
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