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Name

Charles Ergen

Primary Residence

Denver, Colorado

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Tennessee Knoxville | Master of Business Administration, Wake Forest University School of Business

Citizenship

United States

Affiliated Companies

DISH Network

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

satellite TV, Self Made

Net Worth

$11,800,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/charles-ergen

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

140

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#143 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#44 Forbes 400 2018

Summary

Charlie Ergen is the cofounder and chairman of satellite TV provider Dish Network and satellite communications company EchoStar.Ergen first began selling satellite dishes out of the back of a truck in Colorado in 1980.He took Dish public in 1996. Today, it boasts over 12 million subscribers.EchoStar, which has some two dozen satellites in space, was spun off from Dish in 2008. Ergen stepped down as CEO of Dish for the second time in 2017 to focus on the company's new wireless network for the Internet of Things.

Did you know?

Ergen is the son of an Austrian-born nuclear physicist who worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.Ergen is an avid mountain climber who has reached the Mount Everest base camp.

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