14 Facts About Dan Caruso

Dan Caruso was born on July 1,1963 and is an American entrepreneur and investor.

Dan Caruso is the co-founder, and former chairman and CEO of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.

In 1992, Dan Caruso joined MFS Communications, a provider of business grade telecommunication products, and served on its executive team until it was sold to WorldCom in 1996.

At WorldCom, Dan Caruso worked as senior vice president for a short time, but left in 1997 to co-found Level 3 Communications, Inc, a telecommunications and internet service provider.

From 2004 to 2006, Dan Caruso was president and CEO of ICG Communications, a publicly traded telecom company with $100 million in debt.

Dan Caruso led the private buyout of ICG Communications in 2004.

Over a two-year span, Dan Caruso's team sold off the company's non-core assets for approximately $80 million and in 2006, sold ICG Communications to Level 3 Communications for $170 million, resulting in a total distribution to the buyout group and management team of over $225 million and a return on investment of 25x on the initial $8.7 million investment.

In 2005, as an angel investor, Dan Caruso helped form Envysion, a company that offers SaaS solution for video surveillance.

From 2006 to 2011, Dan Caruso served as a director of New Global Telecom's board, a company that provided Broadsoft-based hosted VoIP services to the cable industry.

From 2009 to 2011, Dan Caruso served as a board member of GTS Central Europe, a fiber based telecom provider in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary.

From 2006 to 2013, Dan Caruso served as chairman of Envysion's board.

Dan Caruso graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

In 2010, Dan Caruso earned The Boulder Chamber of Commerce Esprit Award honors as an Entrepreneur of Distinction.

In 2013, Dan Caruso was awarded the Bob Newman Lifetime Achievement Award at the Colorado Technology Association APEX awards.