COMPANY

Founded in 1963 as Microwave Communications, Inc. MCI became the second-largest provider of long distance in the United States. It was acquired by WorldCom in 1998, the combined entity being titled MCI WorldCom. In 2003, after bankruptcy, that company again adopted the name MCI. This second incarnation of MCI was acquired by Verizon in 2006.

Official Website:
http://www.mci.com/

Industry:
Communications

Ticker:
(defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Ashburn, VA

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Daniel F. Akerson	Business	21-Oct-1948		CEO of General Motors
Michael D. Capellas	Business	19-Aug-1955		CEO of First Data
Vint Cerf	Scientist	23-Jun-1943		Co-Designed Internet's TCP-IP protocol
Nathaniel A. Davis	Business	c. 1954		President of XM Radio
Anastasia D. Kelly	Attorney	c. 1949		EVP at American International Group
Douglas L. Maine	Business	c. 1949		CFO of IBM, 1998-2000
James M. Schneider	Business	c. 1953		CFO of Dell Computer, 2000-07
Kevin W. Sharer	Business	2-Mar-1948		CEO of Amgen
H. Brian Thompson	Business	c. 1940		Global Telecom & Technology

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dennis R. Beresford	Business	23-Nov-1938		FASB Chairman, 1987-97
Michael D. Capellas	Business	19-Aug-1955		CEO of First Data
W. Grant Gregory	Business	c. 1942		Chairman of Touche Ross, 1982-87
Judith R. Haberkorn	Business	c. 1947		Former Bell Atlantic executive
Eric H. Holder, Jr.	Government	21-Jan-1951		US Attorney General
Glenn H. Hutchins	Business	c. 1955		Co-Founder, Silver Lake Partners
Nicholas Katzenbach	Government	17-Jan-1922	8-May-2012	US Attorney General, 1965-66
Mark A. Neporent	Attorney	c. 1957		COO of Cerberus Capital Management

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Betty C. Alewine	Business	c. 1948		COMSAT Corporation
Anousheh Ansari	Business	12-Sep-1966		Telecom executive, space tourist
Timothy M. Donahue	Business	1949		CEO of Nextel, 1999-2005
Maria S. Eitel	Business	c. 1963		President of the Nike Foundation
Gregory S. Ledford	Business	c. 1958		Managing Director, Carlyle Group

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Larry Bird	Basketball	7-Dec-1956		Boston Celtics
George Burns	Comic	20-Jan-1896	9-Mar-1996	Oh, God!
Adam Carolla	Radio Personality	27-May-1964		Loveline, The Man Show
Calvert DeForest	Actor	23-Jul-1921	19-Mar-2007	Larry "Bud" Melman on Letterman
Whoopi Goldberg	Actor	13-Nov-1955		Sister Act
John Goodman	Actor	20-Jun-1952		King Ralph
Michael Jordan	Basketball	17-Feb-1963		God's gift to basketball, clearly
Elle Macpherson	Model	29-Mar-1963		Tall supermodel
Michael McDonald	Musician	12-Feb-1952		White pop/soul vocalist
Sam Neill	Actor	14-Sep-1947		Played Reilly, Ace of Spies
Laura Prepon	Actor	7-Mar-1980		Donna on That '70s Show
James Taylor	Singer/Songwriter	12-Mar-1948		Seen fire, rain
Tammy Wynette	Country Musician	5-May-1942	6-Apr-1998	Stand By Your Man

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