COMPANY

Founded 1983 as Long Distance Discount Services. Acquired MCI in 1998, becoming MCI/WorldCom. Filed for bankruptcy 21 July 2002.

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

Industry:
Communications

Ticker:
(defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Ashburn, VA

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Vint Cerf	Scientist	23-Jun-1943		Co-Designed Internet's TCP-IP protocol
Bernard Ebbers	Business	27-Aug-1941		CEO of WorldCom, 1985-2002

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dennis R. Beresford	Business	23-Nov-1938		FASB Chairman, 1987-97
James Q. Crowe	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Level 3 Communications

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard C. Breeden	Government	6-Dec-1949		SEC Chairman, 1989-93

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