Craig McCaw

$2.04B

as of 10/04/24

About Craig McCaw

Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw and his brothers took over their dad's cable-TV business in 1966.

They sold McCaw Cellular to AT&T in 1994 for $12.6 billion in stock.

McCaw, with backing from Bill Gates and Boeing, cofounded Teledesic in 1990 to provide internet access via satellite. It ceased operations in 2002.

He has stayed out of the limelight since stepping down as chairman of telecom operator Clearwire in 2010, two years before it was acquired by Sprint.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Telecom

Residence

Hunts Point, Washington

Marital status

Married

Birth date

08/11/49 (age 75)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Stanford University

Self-made

inherited and growing

Craig McCaw’s fortune is worth

34K

troy ounces of gold

31K

median U.S. household

20K

median U.S. income

0.041%

U.S. credit card volume

0.008%

GDP of the United States

0.006%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

McCaw owns private James Island off the coast of Vancouver.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

NYSE | LUMN-US

CenturyLink

US OTC | PCOA-US

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