Greg Maffei (born May 24, 1960) is an American businessman. He is the president and chief executive officer of

Liberty Media Liberty Media Corporation (commonly referred to as Liberty Media or just Liberty) is an American mass media company controlled by chairman John C. Malone. The company has three divisions, reflecting the company's ownership stakes in Formula One ...

and the chairman of

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and TripAdvisor. He is the chairman emeritus of

Starz Starz (stylized as STARZ since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Programming on Starz consist ...

and

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, as well as the former chief financial officer of

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and

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Early life and education

Gregory B. Maffei was born on May 24, 1960. He received an AB from

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

and his MBA from

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...

, where he was a Baker Scholar. Maffei attended Groton School, an elite prep school in Groton, Massachusetts.

Business career

Maffei joined

in 2005. He serves as its president and CEO.

owns media, communications and entertainment businesses, including subsidiaries

Formula 1 Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

and the

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and an interest in

. Maffei is also President and CEO of Liberty Broadband Corporation, which consists primarily of a stake in

Charter Communications Charter Communications, Inc., is an American telecommunications and mass media company with services branded as Spectrum. With over 32 million customers in 41 states, it is the second-largest cable operator in the United States by subscribers, ...

, and serves as Chairman and CEO of Liberty TripAdvisor, which holds a controlling interest in TripAdvisor. Liberty Broadband and Liberty TripAdvisor were spun off from Liberty Media and Liberty Interactive, respectively, in 2014. In addition, Maffei serves as Executive Chairman of Qurate Retail, Inc., which owns digital commerce businesses, including subsidiaries

QVC QVC (short for "Quality Value Convenience") is an American free-to-air television network, and flagship shopping channel specializing in televised home shopping, owned by Qurate Retail Group. Founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel in West Chester, Penn ...

HSN HSN, an initialism of its former name Home Shopping Network, is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Qurate Retail Group, which also owns catalog company Cornerstone Brands. Based in the Gateway area of St. Petersburg, Flor ...

Zulily Zulily, LLC is an American e-commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington and owned by Qurate Retail Group. Its target audience is young mothers interested in brand-name goods for their children. It holds no inventory, instead consolida ...

and the

Cornerstone Brands Qurate Retail Group (commonly known as Qurate Retail, Inc.) is an American media conglomerate controlled by company chairman John C. Malone, who owns a majority of the voting shares. History 1998 launch by Liberty Media Liberty Interactive wa ...

. He also serves as chairman of the board of the Liberty-related companies,

and TripAdvisor, and as a director of

and

Zillow Zillow Group, Inc., or simply Zillow, is an American tech real-estate marketplace company that was founded in 2006, and was created by Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, former Microsoft executives and founders of Microsoft spin-off Expedia; Spencer R ...

. Maffei has been leading the team in transforming these companies to compete in the digital/mobile era alongside Chairman

John C. Malone John Carl Malone (born March 7, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman, landowner and philanthropist. He was chief executive officer (CEO) of Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), a cable and media giant, for twenty-four years from 1973 to 1996. ...

. Maffei is Vice Chair of the

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and serves as Chair of the Finance Committee, and is a member of the

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. He previously served as President of the Board of Trustees of the

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. Prior to joining Liberty Media, Maffei served as President and CFO of

, Chairman, President and CEO of 360networks, CFO of

, and Chairman of the Board of

. Maffei was the Chairman of the Board of

and a Director of

Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble Booksellers is an American bookseller. It is a Fortune 1000 company and the bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States. As of July 7, 2020, the company operates 614 retail stores across all 50 U. ...

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, Dorling Kindersley, Electronic Arts, and

Starbucks Coffee Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It is the world's largest coffeehouse chain. As of November 2021, the company had 33,833 stores in 80 cou ...

Personal life

Maffei lives in Colorado with his wife and children. He donated $250,000 to Donald Trump's inauguration committee.

References

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