Charlie Ergen

Extracted Attributes

• Spouse

  Candy Ergen

• Full Name

  Charles William Ergen

• Alma Mater

  University of Tennessee (BA, 1974); Wake Forest University (MBA)

• Occupation

  Billionaire businessman, entrepreneur

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date of Birth

  1953-03-01

• Place of Birth

  Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States

• EchoStar Ownership & Voting Power

  46 percent ownership share; 72 percent total voting power

• Dish Network Ownership & Voting Power

  48 percent ownership share; 78 percent total voting power

Timeline

• Charles William Ergen is born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (Source: Wikidata)

  1953-03-01

• Ergen graduates with a bachelor's degree in general business and accounting from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. (Source: Our Tennessee)

  1974-01-01

• Ergen, Jim DeFranco, and Candy Ergen pool their savings to establish EchoSphere, selling satellite dishes in Colorado. (Source: Encyclopedia.com)

  1980-01-01

• EchoStar launches its first satellite from China. (Source: Our Tennessee)

  1995-12-01

• The DISH Network brand is launched as a direct broadcast satellite provider. (Source: Our Tennessee)

  1996-01-01

• Ergen steps down as CEO of Dish Network and is succeeded by Joseph Clayton. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2011-05-01

• Ergen resumes the CEO position at Dish Network following Joseph Clayton's retirement. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2015-03-01

• Ergen steps down as CEO of Dish Network, remaining Chairman while Erik Carlson is promoted to CEO. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2017-12-01

Charlie Ergen

Charles William Ergen (born March 1, 1953) is an American billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and chairman of Dish Network and EchoStar. He was CEO of Dish Network until May 2011, when he was succeeded by Joseph Clayton. Ergen resumed the role in March 2015 after Clayton's retirement, until December 2017, when Erik Carlson, then president and COO, was promoted to CEO. Ergen remains chairman of the company. Ergen owns 48 percent of Dish and 46 percent of EchoStar shares, which gives him 78 percentage of Dish's and 72 percent of EchoStar's total voting power.

Web Search Results

• Charlie Ergen - Wikipedia

  Charles William Ergen (born March 1, 1953) is an American billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and chairman of Dish Network and EchoStar. He was CEO of Dish Network until May 2011, when he was succeeded by Joseph Clayton. Ergen resumed the role in March 2015 after Clayton's retirement, until December 2017, when Erik Carlson, then president and COO, was promoted to CEO. Ergen remains chairman of the company. Ergen owns 48 percent of Dish: 6 and 46 percent of EchoStar shares,: 8 which gives him 78 percentage of Dish's: 6 and 72 percent of EchoStar's: 8 total voting power. ## Early career [edit] [...] Not to be confused with Charlie Engen. | Charlie Ergen | | Born | Charles William Ergen (1953-03-01) March 1, 1953 (age 73) Oak Ridge, Tennessee, US | | Education | University of Tennessee (BA) Wake Forest University (MBA) | | Occupation | Businessman | | Known for | Co-founder, Dish Network | | Title | Chairman of Dish Network and EchoStar Corporation | | Term | 1998- | | Spouse | Candy Ergen | | Children | 5 | [...] Ergen was born into an Episcopalian "Episcopal Church (United States)") family in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on March 1, 1953, the fourth of five children born to Viola (née Siebenthal) and William Krasny Ergen. His mother was one of the first female accountants in the state of Minnesota. His father was an Austrian immigrant who was working in Sweden as a nuclear physicist, and left Europe prior to World War II. His father coined the phrase "China syndrome "China syndrome (nuclear meltdown)")".: 83 His parents married in Minnesota in 1944 and then moved to Camden, New Jersey, before settling in Oak Ridge where his father accepted a position at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Ergen graduated from Oak Ridge High School "Oak Ridge High School (Tennessee)"). He then received a Bachelor of Arts

• This is Charlie Ergen. He was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee ...

  Charles William Ergen (born March 1, 1953) is an American billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and chairman of Dish Network and EchoStar.

• Ergen, Charlie 1953– | Encyclopedia.com

  ■ Charles W. ("Charlie") Ergen is somewhat of a legend in the satellite business. A onetime professional gambler, he launched the EchoStar Communications Corporation with practically nothing, bet large, played for high stakes, and became a major figure in the television communications industry. Ergen originally called his company EchoSphere; it started in 1980, selling C-band full-size satellite-television dishes in rural Colorado. By 2004 EchoStar had 15,000 employees and nine satellites circling the earth and bringing hundreds of channels of television, audio, and other data to nine million direct-to-home (DTH) subscribers. EchoStar, through its DISH Network, was the second-largest satellite broadcast provider [...] In 1988 Ergen received the Star Award of the Home Satellite TV Association, and in June 1991 INC. magazine named him Master Entrepreneur of the Year for the Rocky Mountain region. In 2000 Aviation Week named him Space Industry Business Man of the Year, and in 2001 he was the Frost & Sullivan CEO of the Year for the Satellite Industry. Ergen, a cofounder of the Satellite Broadcasting Communications Association, helped gather support for the passage of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999, which permitted satellite broadcast of local TV channels. He also testified often before the U.S. Congress regarding TV competition issues. In his off hours, Ergen climbed mountains, played poker, and played basketball. [...] ## A GAMBLER PERSONALITY Ergen, the onetime professional gambler, was often described by friend and foe as unpredictable, wily, mercenary, renegade, daring, dueling, combative, ironfisted, or scrappy. Known to everyone as "Charlie," he earned a reputation as a fierce and respected competitor. He was also accused of pennypinching—requiring employees to double up in hotel rooms and take cheap airplane flights in order to save company money. (He followed those cost-saving rules himself.) Ergen's passion for winning was once noted by Jimmy Schaeffler, chairman of a media and technology research firm: "If people won't deal with him at the table one on one, they'll deal with him in front of their shareholders or in the courtroom" (Time, August 20, 2001).

• Charlie Ergen — Our Tennessee

  Skip to content Our Tennessee Centennial Alumni # Charlie Ergen Business Leader UT Knoxville, ’74 An avid mountain climber, Charlie Ergen has scaled Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount Aconcagua in Argentina and reached Mount Everest base camp in Nepal. In fact, Ergen has been reaching lofty heights ever since earning a bachelor’s degree in general business and accounting. He is chairman and co-founder of EchoStar and DISH Network. Ergen was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where his father, an Austrian immigrant, worked as a nuclear physicist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His mother was an accountant. After graduating from UT, he earned an MBA at Wake Forest University. [...] Always an entrepreneur, Ergen, along with business partner Jim DeFranco and Ergen’s future wife, Candy, pooled their savings and began selling satellite dishes from the back of their truck in Colorado in 1980. The company eventually became EchoStar Communications Corporation and launched its first satellite from China in December 1995. Early the following year, the DISH Network brand was born. As a leader in the field of satellite and telecommunications, Ergen has been hailed as “Master Entrepreneur of the Year” for the Rocky Mountain region by Inc. magazine, one of Barron’s “World’s Best CEOs” and one of Forbes’ “Top Ten CEOs.” [...] Ergen has earned a reputation as a results-oriented businessman who once said, “When you deal with change, you have a couple choices: You can lead it and make the rules, or you can be a fast follower or you can be a slow follower.” The Ergens have supported UT Athletics and entrepreneurship efforts. They fund the Ergen Professorship in the Haslam College of Business and also support an MBA fellowship. “Throughout the years, the generous financial support from the Ergens has greatly contributed to our success in recruiting some of our top MBA students,” says Donna Potts, director of student recruitment and admissions at the Haslam College. The Ergens, who have five children, live in Colorado. Share this: ## most recent More ### Follow the Trail

• Charlie Ergen Stock Photos

  Charles "Charlie" Ergen, chairman and co-founder of Dish Network Corp., participates in a panel discussion at the annual Milken Institute Global

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Wake Forest University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  businessperson

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  3/1/1953

• Place Of Birth

  Oak Ridge