John C. Maloneis a billionaire American business executive, landowner and philanthropist. He served as chief executive officerof Tele-Communications Inc., a cable and media giant, for twenty-four years from 1973 to 1996. Malone is now chairman of Liberty Media, Liberty Global, and Liberty Interactive all which he is the majority owner, and also owns 49% of Starz Inc. and 29% of Discovery Communications.He was interim CEO of Liberty Media, until succeeded by former Oracle CFO Greg Maffei...
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