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Craig McCaw (born August 11, 1949) is an American businessman and entrepreneur, a pioneer in the cellular phone industry. He is the founder of McCaw Cellular (now part of AT&T Mobility ) and Clearwire Corporation (now part of T-Mobile via the Sprint acquisition).
- American
- John McCaw Jr. (brother)
May 5, 2024 · Craig McCaw. Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw and his brothers took over their dad's cable-TV business in 1966. They sold McCaw Cellular to AT&T in 1994 for $12.6 billion in stock. McCaw, with backing ...
Jul 1, 2015 · About McCaw family. John Elroy McCaw founded a cable company in the 1960s. All four of his sons-- Bruce, Craig, John and Keith (d. 2002) worked for their father as salesmen. After his death in ...
Nov 30, 1994 · The Second Fortune is Even Better than the First. Family Office Management Technology Insurance. By O Casey Corr. November 30, 1994. A A A. One late morning in 1969, while his mother was away on vacation, 19-year-old Craig McCaw walked into his father’s bedroom and found Elroy McCaw dead from a massive stroke.
Feb 4, 2021 · Space sector hots up with SPAC and family office involvement. By Michael Foster. 4th February 2021. Cellular phone pioneer Craig McCaw has become the latest billionaire to join the space race through a $2.1 billion deal to merge Holicity, his blank-cheque Spac, with Astra, a rocket launching company. The deal is likely to stoke more interest in ...
Jun 13, 2000 · Corr starts with the 1969 death of McCaw's broadcasting-tycoon father, whereupon Craig and his superrich Seattle family realize they are actually flat broke. At once risk-loving and shrewd, young Craig starts buying one small cable outfit after another in the Pacific Northwest as the fledgling industry picks up steam through the 1970s.
- O. Casey Corr
Craig McCaw. Craig McCaw is an entrepreneur and a pioneer in the wireless industry. In the 1960s, Craig’s family heavily invested in broadcasting companies including radio and cable TV where he and his brothers worked from the bottom up. After his father’s death, the family’s holdings were reduced to cover outstanding company debt.
