Dexter Goei

Dexter Gregory Goei (born 1971) is an American businessman, and the president of Altice N.V, a multinational telecoms company, and chairman and CEO of its subsidiary Altice USA.[1]

Dexter Goei
Born
Dexter Gregory Goei

1971 (age 51–52)
US
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGeorgetown University
OccupationBusinessman
TitlePresident, Altice
Chairman and CEO, Altice USA
SuccessorIncumbent

Early life

Dexter Goei was born in 1971, the son of Dr. Gordon Goei, an obstetrician/gynecologist in Beverly Hills, California.[2] His father Gordon is a Chinese-Indonesian American born in Solo who moved to The Hague at age 10 and immigrated to the United States to study at Calvin College on a scholarship. His mother, a Dutch citizen, is also of Chinese-Indonesian descent. He has an older brother Danton G. Goei, who is a portfolio manager at Davis Selected Advisers. His family name is 魏 in Chinese.

In 1993, Goei graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service degree in International Economics Major from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.[3][4]

Career

Before his appointment in June 2016 as president of Altice N.V., and chairman and CEO of Altice USA,[5] Goei had served as CEO of Altice N.V. since he joined the company in 2009.

Goei led the company's entrance into the U.S. market through the acquisitions of Cablevision Systems Corporation (June 2016)[6] and Suddenlink Communications (December 2015),[7] which are now part of Altice USA.

Goei joined Altice in 2009, having worked for 15 years in investment banking with JP Morgan and then Morgan Stanley.[8]

He serves on The Paley Center for Media's Board of Trustees.[9]

Personal life

In 2016, he bought a house in New York's Greenwich Village for a reported $31 million. He lives in New York City with his wife and children.[10][11]

References
  1. Keslassy, Elsa (2017-06-22). "Cable Operator Altice USA Raises $1.9 Billion in IPO". Variety. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  2. "Dexter GOEI". Dirigeant. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  3. "Executive Profile: Dexter G. Goei". Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  4. "Goei, Dexter". Reuters. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  5. "BRIEF-Dexter Goei appointed chairman and CEO of Altice USA, stepped down as CEO of Altice NV". Reuters. 2016-06-20. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  6. Kostov, Nick (2016-06-21). "Altice Closes Buy of Cablevision". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  7. Farrell, Mike (December 21, 2015). "Altice Closes Suddenlink Deal". Multichannel News. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  8. "Dexter Goei". Altice. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  9. "Shari Redstone, Altice USA's Dexter Goei Join Paley Center for Media's Board of Trustees". Variety.com. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  10. "Telecom mogul to create Greenwich Village megamansion". therealdeal.com. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  11. "Altice USA chief Dexter Goei puts down $31M on Greenwich home amid Cablevision austerity - FierceCable". www.fiercecable.com. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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