John Malone: The King Of Cable Reaches For More

John Malone: The King Of Cable Reaches For More by Geraldine Fabrikant, The New York Times – from 1993 – ties in nicely with the recent Charter news. Below is an excerpt.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.— JOHN MALONE’S personal life has all the markings of a more genteel, slower time. Most days, he drives home from the office for lunch. And each year about this time, he leaves the Denver area to spend the summer at his retreat in Maine or on his sailboat. He usually makes the long trip to Maine by car because his wife, Leslie, does not like to fly.

But in his business life, as head of Tele-Communications Inc., Dr. Malone is anything but...