Mr. Stephenson is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc. He was appointed to the position in June 2007. Before being named chairman and CEO, Mr. Stephenson served as chief operating officer and was responsible for all wireless and wireline operations. He was named COO for SBC Communications Inc. in April 2004 and continued as COO after the acquisitions of AT&T Corp. in November 2005 and BellSouth in December 2006. Prior to becoming COO, Mr. Stephenson held a variety of high-level finance and marketing positions with AT&T or its subsidiaries since 1996, including chief financial officer. He first joined AT&T through its subsidiary, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, in 1982. He has been a director of AT&T since June 2005. Mr. Stephenson is a director of Emerson Electric Co.
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