Charles Dolan
Oyster Bay, New York
Drop Out, John Carroll University
United States
Cablevision Systems Corp.
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cable television, Self Made
$5,600,000,000
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#317 Billionaires 2019
#109 Forbes 400 2018
Cable pioneer Charles Dolan owns controlling stakes in AMC Networks and Madison Square Garden.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 supporter of pancreatic cancer research in America.
His brother, Larry Dolan, owns the Cleveland Indians baseball team.His son, James Dolan, is the CEO of publicly-traded Madison Square Garden Co., which owns the NBA's New York Knicks and the NHL's New York Rangers.
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