Joseph P. Clayton
Born(1949-10-11)October 11, 1949
Louisville, Kentucky, US
Died (aged 69)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBusinessman
Known forCEO of satellite dish provider Dish Network

Joseph "Joe" P. Clayton (11 October 1949 – 3 November 2018) was the former CEO of Dish Network, a Colorado based Direct Broadcast Satellite provider.[1] He both took the role from and was replaced by Charlie Ergen.[2]

Career

From 1992 to 1996, Clayton was executive vice president of marketing and sales in the Americas and Asia at Thomson S.A. (the Consumer Electronics Division at GE).[3] During his tenure as EVP, Clayton was involved in developing and rolling out the consumer equipment for DirecTV.[4]

In 1997, Clayton become the CEO of Frontier Communications (originally Rochester Telephone[5]). He served as CEO of Frontier until September 1999,[6] during which time the company acquired GlobalCenter.

Clayton went on to become president of Global Crossing Ltd, the company that acquired Frontier Communications.[7] He served as president until November 2001.[8]

From 2001 to 2004, Clayton served as the CEO of Sirius XM Holdings, where he launched satellite radio.[9] He then became the president of Sirius until 2008.

In May 2011, Clayton took over the role of CEO of DISH Network from Charlie Ergen.[10] Clayton stepped down from his role in February 2015, and was replaced by Ergen.[11]

Clayton died November 3, 2018, at the age of 69.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Eriq Gardner. "Dish Network's Charlie Ergen Made $1.3M in Total Compensation in 2012". The Hollywood Reporter, 03/22/2013.
  2. ↑ "Charlie Ergen To Reclaim CEO Title At Dish Network As Joe Clayton Retires".
  3. ↑ "Dish Network Corp-A (DISH:NASDAQ GS)". Bloomberg News.
  4. ↑ "Charlie Ergen's Inside Man".
  5. ↑ "Charting the new data Frontier".
  6. ↑ "Dish Network Corp-A (DISH:NASDAQ GS)". Bloomberg News.
  7. ↑ "Frontier to Be Acquired by Global Crossing for $10.8 Billion". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ "Dish Network Corp-A (DISH:NASDAQ GS)". Bloomberg News.
  9. ↑ "Retiring Dish exec Joe Clayton tells how he wrote the book on marketing consumer tech".
  10. ↑ "Dish names former Sirius head Clayton new CEO".
  11. ↑ "Dish Network CEO Joe Clayton stepping down". CNBC.
  12. ↑ "Joe Clayton, Industry Pioneer, Dead At 69". Twice. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
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