John Carl Malone was born on March 7,1941 and is an American billionaire businessman, landowner and philanthropist.
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20 Facts About John Malone
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John Malone was chief executive officer of Tele-Communications Inc, a cable and media giant, for twenty-four years from 1973 to 1996.
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John Malone is of Irish heritage, his family originating in County Cork.
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In 1959, John Malone graduated from Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut.
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In 1964, Malone graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a master's degree in industrial management.
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John Malone was later president of Jerrold Electronics, a GI subsidiary.
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For twenty-four years, from 1973 to 1996, John Malone served as president and CEO of Tele-Communications Inc.
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John Malone is on the boards of directors for Bank of New York Mellon, Expedia.
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John Malone is chairman emeritus of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc and chairman of Liberty Global, Inc, and formerly the DirecTV Group.
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John Malone's rise to chairman at Liberty Global was contentious at times.
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In 2005, John Malone held 32 percent of the shares in the media company News Corporation, and although only about half were voting shares, Rupert Murdoch reportedly had concerns that he might lose control of his company to John Malone, and tried to oust him from the firm with a "poison pill" strategy.
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In 1992, John Malone coined the term 500-channel universe to describe a future media environment where a vast number of TV channels would be available, by eliminating the need for broadcast radio channels as a scarce resource.
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In business dealings John Malone has been dubbed "Darth Vader", a nickname allegedly given to him by Al Gore when John Malone was the head of TCI.
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John Malone owns Silver Spur Ranches, a ranching and beef company which includes the Silver Spur Ranch in Encampment, Wyoming, Bell Ranch and the TO Ranch in New Mexico, Bridlewood Farm, a thoroughbred breeding, training and racing operation in Ocala, Florida; as well as ranches in Walden, Colorado and Kiowa, Colorado.
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John Malone is married to Leslie, they have two children and live in Elizabeth, Colorado.
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John Malone donated US$250,000 to Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017, with colleague Greg Maffei, Liberty Media and Liberty Interactive each donating an extra US$250,000.
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