About Charles Dolan & family
Charles Dolan and his 6 children own controlling stakes in AMC Networks and Madison Square Garden's entertainment and sports companies.
Dolan sold Cablevision, the cable giant he launched in 1973 with 1,500 customers, to billionaire Patrick Drahi's Altice for $17.7 billion in 2016.
After dropping out of John Carroll University, the Cleveland native got his start creating sports newsreels for TV stations from his home.
He moved to New York in 1952, making industrial films before wiring lower Manhattan with cable and founding HBO's predecessor, which he sold in 1973.
He is the chairman emeritus of the Lustgarten Foundation, the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Cable televisionBirth date
10/16/26Number of children
6Education
Drop Out, John Carroll UniversitySelf-made
self-madeCharles Dolan & family’s fortune is worth
90K
troy ounces of gold
83K
median U.S. household
54K
median U.S. income
0.108%
U.S. credit card volume
0.022%
GDP of the United States
0.016%
United States debt
Net worth history
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Did you know?
His brother, Larry Dolan, owns the Cleveland Guardians baseball team.
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Financial assets
NASDAQ | AMCX-US
AMC Networks Inc.NYSE | MSGE-US
Madison Square Garden EntertainmentNYSE | MSGS-US
Madison Square Garden SportsNYSE | SPHR-US
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