Rocco Benito Commisso is an Italian-born American billionaire businessman, and the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Mediacom, the fifth largest cable television company in the US.
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15 Facts About Rocco Commisso
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Rocco Commisso previously worked for companies including Cablevision, the Royal Bank of Canada, and Chase Manhattan Bank.
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Since 2017, Rocco Commisso has been the owner and chairman of the New York Cosmos, and since June 2019, the owner of the Italian football club ACF Fiorentina.
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Rocco Commisso attended Mount Saint Michael Academy high school in the Bronx and attended Columbia University on a full undergraduate scholarship where he earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering in 1971 from its School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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Rocco Commisso was co-captain of Columbia's varsity football team; elected president of the business school student body; and received the business school service award.
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Rocco Commisso later worked at Royal Bank of Canada, where he led the bank's U S lending activities to the media and communications sectors.
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Rocco Commisso has been the chairman and CEO of Mediacom Communications Corporation since he founded the company in 1995 out of his basement.
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Rocco Commisso took Mediacom public in 2000 after which time it grew to become the 8th largest cable operator in the United States with annual revenues of over $1.
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Rocco Commisso was inducted into the 2016 Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame Special Category.
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In January 2017, Rocco Commisso purchased a majority ownership stake in the New York Cosmos soccer club and became the club's new chairman.
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Rocco Commisso is planning to grow Fiorentina's brand in the US market.
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In 2009, Rocco Commisso was presented with the Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership, the cable industry's highest honor.
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In 2018, Rocco Commisso was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.
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Rocco Commisso is married to Catherine, they have two children, and live in Saddle River, New Jersey.
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