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7 | TWC's A-Team
Rob Marcus
Title: Chairman/CEO, Time Warner Cable
Years in Cable: 9
Education: BA, Brown University; JD, Columbia
Law School
Best Advice: Be yourself.
Arthur (Artie) Minson
Title: EVP/CFO, Time Warner Cable
Years in Cable: 15
Education: BS, Georgetown University, MBA,
Columbia Business School
Best Advice: Play hard. Play fair. Play to win.
Dinni Jain
Title: COO, Time Warner Cable
Years in Cable: 21
Education: Princeton
Best Advice: Play small to win big.
Gail MacKinnon
Title: EVP/Chief Government Relations Officer,
Time Warner Cable
Years in Cable: 20
Education: BSBA, Georgetown University
Best Advice: Wake up, do your best, sleep,
repeat.
TWC got a new leading man this year. Marcus, former company
president and COO, stepped up to fill Glenn Britt's sizable shoes and
promised a new vision. And new he did bring, proposing an audacious
$45.2 billion merger with one of the nation's biggest cable companies,
Comcast. Whether or not Congress gives it the go-ahead, he's got the
right team in place to back him. Marcus' replacement, Jain, knows
all about big acquisitions having led Insight through a billion-dollar
TWC buyout the previous year. On the financial front, Minson is the
guy shareholders will be looking to lay out the benefits of the alliance
as he guides the company through one of its most mammoth deals to
date. Ultimately though, it may all come down to MacKinnon's ability to
swing Washington to their side. Will they pull it off?
Marcus
I watch the majority of programming on this device: Samsung 65 " TV
Favorite restaurant: Milos
Favorite vacation spot: Ixtapa
Beach or mountains: Beach
Minson
Dish I can make and that would impress a celebrity chef: French toast
Beach or mountains: Both
Favorite vacation spot: Anywhere with my family.
John, Paul, George or Ringo: Bono
My favorite newfound hobby: Walking Cody, our first golden retriever
Jain
I watch the majority of programming on this device: On this really
cool thing they call the television.
The biggest innovation in cable over the last year: The realization that
it is a customer service business.
One thing I would do all the time if I could: Be a hermit in Vermont.
Oscars or Grammys: What are the Grammys?
Beach or mountains: Mountains
Favorite TV show as a kid: " Gilligan's Island "
My favorite business/motivational book: Good to Great or Moneyball
MacKinnon
TV show I'd most like to have a cameo in: " House of Cards "
Cable exec I'd most like to see twerking: Maria Brennan
I wish Congress would just: Repeal the 1992 Cable Act!
My ideal celebrity partner on Dancing with the Stars: Simon Baker
Who's on deck for the next celebrity meltdown: Betty White or
Howard Stern
If someone forced me to cut the cord and only watch 3 over-the-top
shows, they would be: No one can force me to do that! ■
8 | Charting a New Course
Tom Rutledge
Title: President/CEO, Charter Communications
Years in Cable: 37
Education: BA, economics, California University in California, Pa.
After TWC torpedoed Charter's multibillion-dollar bid in favor of a deal with rival Comcast, all eyes are back on
Rutledge to watch for his next move. Hints of other possible merger and acquisition deals are out there, and
Rutledge continues to look toward new horizons, including the launch of a wireless broadband service that would
rely both on licensed and unlicensed spectrum. ■
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