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William T. Schleyer was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Adelphia Communications Corporation, the fifth-largest cable television company in the country, in January 2003. Adelphia Communications Corporation, which serves approximately 3,500 communities in 31 states, offers analog and digital cable services, high-speed Internet access, and other advanced services.
Before joining Adelphia, Mr. Schleyer was President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Broadband, which provided high-speed cable Internet access and home entertainment service to more than 13 million homes across the United States. Among his accomplishments while at AT&T Broadband were significantly improving cash flow and raising margins despite a difficult economic environment, improving and upgrading the cable company’s infrastructure and plant, and instilling a greater sense of employee ownership and responsibility.
Earlier, Mr. Schleyer was a principal in Pilot House Ventures, a venture capital company based in Boston and also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of MediaOne, the broadband services arm of US WEST Media Group. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of Continental Cablevision, Inc., before the company’s merger with U S WEST in 1996. Under his leadership, Continental Cablevision was named Operator of the Year by Cablevision Magazine in 1996. In 1998, Mr. Schleyer also received the National Cable Television Association’s distinguished Vanguard award for Science and Technology.
Mr. Schleyer earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University and a master’s in business from Harvard Business School.He serves on the board of directors for the National Cable Television Association, CableLabs, Inc., C-SPAN, and Rogers Communications, Inc. | 