Rocco B. Commisso
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| Born | November 25, 1949 Calabria, Italy |
| Education | BSc and MBA |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Chairman and CEO of Mediacom |
| Known for | Founder of Mediacom Owner of the New York Cosmos |
| Board member of |
NCTA C-SPAN CableLabs |
| Awards | Ellis Island Medal of Honor |
Rocco B. Commisso (born November 25, 1949) is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Mediacom Communications Corporation, the 5th largest cable television company in the United States. He previously worked as an executive for companies including Cablevision Industries Corporation, the Royal Bank of Canada, and Chase Manhattan Bank. Since 2017 Commisso has been the owner and Chairman of the New York Cosmos.
Born in Calabria, Italy, Commisso immigrated to the United States at age 12. Commisso attended Mount Saint Michael Academy high school in the Bronx and attended Columbia University on a full undergraduate scholarship where he earned a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering in 1971. He also earned a master's degree in Business Administration in 1975 from Columbia Business School. He was co-captain of Columbia's varsity soccer team; elected president of the business school student body; and was the recipient of the Business School Service Award.
Commisso began his business career at Pfizer Inc.'s. After returning to Columbia and graduating from business school, he spent ten years in the financial industry, initially at Chase Manhattan Bank (now J.P. Morgan Chase). In 1978, he began working with cable companies and other entertainment enterprises as a part of Chase's corporate financing department. He later worked at Royal Bank of Canada, where he led the bank's U.S. lending activities to the media and communications sectors. From 1986 to 1995, he was Executive Vice President, chief financial officer, and Director of Cablevision Industries Corporation. During this time, Cablevision Industries grew from the 25th to the 8th largest cable company in the United States, with around 1.3 million customers at the time of its merger with Time Warner.
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