John T. Stankey(born 1962) is an American businessman who is the chairman and CEO of AT&T. He previously was AT&T's president and COO and before that CEO of WarnerMedia.[1][2][3] He assumed the CEO role of AT&T in July 2020, succeeding Randall L. Stephenson.[4]

Early life and education

Stankey was raised in Los Angeles, the youngest of three children.[5] His father was an insurance underwriter and his mother a housewife.[5]

Stankey received a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in finance fromLoyola Marymount Universityin Los Angeles in 1985.[6][7] He received a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1991.[5][4]

Career

In 1985, Stankey took an entry-level position with Pacific Bell,[2][5][8] which was acquired by SBC Communications in 1996.[9] He went on to serve as the executive vice president of industry markets beginning in 1998, and became the executive president of industry markets in 2000.[8] In 2001, he became the president and CEO of SBC Southwest.[8]

Stankey served as CIO of the "new AT&T" after the merger of SBC with AT&T Corporation finalized in 2005.[10] He was the senior executive vice president and CTO for AT&T from 2008 to 2012. In January 2012, he became the CSO and group president of AT&T.[8]

In 2018,[11] Stankey was named CEO of WarnerMedia,[12] which owned various media and film corporations, including Warner Bros., HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, and CNN.[13] On October 1, 2019, he became president and COO of AT&T, while continuing to serve as the CEO of WarnerMedia.[14]

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