>>19979705
Lynn Rothschild dig
After leaving law school, she was an associate at the Simpson Thacher & Bartlett law firm for four years, before working for telecommunications billionaire John Kluge in the 1980s,[4] helping him acquire small companies that held local cellular licenses.[5]
Rothschild then invested in telecoms businesses in North America and Europe, in partnership with Motorola.[5]
Rothschild became Executive Vice President for Development at Metromedia Inc from 1984 to 1989.[citation needed] From 1989 to 1995, Rothschild was the majority shareholder, chairman and CEO, of TPI Communications International, Inc., one of the largest providers of paging, wireless data and cellular telephone service in Latin America, owned with Motorola.[citation needed]
Under her management, TPI tripled its size and per-customer revenues, and cash flow grew to three times the U.S. average.[citation needed] In addition, she expanded operations from Puerto Rico into Latin America. She sold her stake in TPI to Motorola in 1995 for a figure reportedly between $80 million and $100 million.[5]
In 1995, Rothschild founded FirstMark Communications Inc in the United States, a broadband wireless company. In 1997, she sold her US interests in order to focus on international opportunities. In 1998, she founded FirstMark Communications of Europe, with the mission of building a pan-European broadband Internet company. Having secured licenses in Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Finland, she built a 20,000 km fiber network in 15 countries. The company was sold in June 2000 in a $1 billion financing, the largest private equity placement in the history of the European competitive telecommunications sector.[citation needed]
Rothschild currently serves on the Board of Directors of Estée Lauder Companies, The Economist Group,[4] Bronfman E.L. Rothschild LP and Christies International. She has also served on the Boards of Directors of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation and General Instruments, Inc.[citation needed]
Politics
Rothschild is actively involved in policy and social issues, including addressing income inequalities, support of small and medium businesses, micro-finance, business ethics, and women's rights.
From 1993 to 1995, Rothschild served on President Bill Clinton's National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council. From 1998 to 2000, she served on the US Secretary of Energy's advisory committee.[7]
Rothschild has donated to all of Bill and Hillary Clinton's federal races since 1992.[8] Although Rothschild was a major fund raiser for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential bid, she transferred her support to Republican candidate John McCain when Barack Obama beat Clinton, becoming a minor celebrity on cable television at the time for attacking Obama in a series of interviews.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Forester_de_Rothschild