Satellite broadcaster and spectrum investor Dish Network has announced that its president and chief executive officer, Joseph Clayton, is to retire at the end of March.
Dish co-founder and chairman Charles Ergen will take over Clayton’s roles.
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Satellite broadcaster and spectrum investor Dish Network has announced that its president and chief executive officer, Joseph Clayton, is to retire at the end of March.
Dish co-founder and chairman Charles Ergen will take over Clayton’s roles.
A 42-year veteran of the consumer electronics industry, Clayton has held the positions since June 2011. That period has coincided with the shift in Dish’s strategy to acquire a large swathe of spectrum in the US.
Following its participation in the recent AWS-3 auction, Dish now holds around 12% of useable wireless spectrum in the US.
Commenting on the departure, Ergen said: “Over the last four years, Joe’s leadership has been instrumental to Dish as we have worked to engineer a fundamental transformation of our business.
“He has set the stage for what will become a new company, and with that he has prepared a new class of management to address the adventures coming our way.”
