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McGowan, William G

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McGowan, William G(eorge) (1927–1992)

US telecommunications executive. A Harvard University-trained management consultant and venture capitalist, he took over Microwave Communications, Inc (MCI) in 1968, and as chairman and CEO he led the firm's successful challenge of the telephone monopoly by American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T). He won the largest antitrust settlement in history against AT&T in 1980 and built MCI into a $8-billion company. He retired as CEO in 1991. McGowan was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania.



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