Jeffrey K. Storey (born May 12, 1960) is an American business executive whose career has focused on the

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s industry. He was the president and

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Level 3 Communications Level 3 Communications was an American multinational telecommunications and Internet service provider company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. It ultimately became a part of CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies), where Level 3 President ...

between April 11, 2013, and the company's acquisition by

CenturyLink Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services. The company is ...

in 2017, at which point he became president and COO of the combined company. He became CEO of CenturyLink on June 1, 2018. On September 13, 2022, Lumen announced that Kate Johnson has been appointed CEO and president by the company's board of directors, and that Storey will retire on November 7, 2022.

Life and career

Storey, whose parents worked in the construction and airline industries, grew up in

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and eastern Oklahoma. He was educated at

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where he received a bachelor's degree with a major in engineering, physics and mathematics and at

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where he received a

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in telecommunications systems. He began his career in telecommunications in 1983 at Southwestern Bell Telephone. During the 1990s Storey worked for

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in a variety of positions including vice president of commercial services and vice president and general manager of Cox Fibernet. In 1999 he joined

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, eventually becoming its president and CEO in 2002. He remained in that position until 2005 when the company was sold to Level 3 Communications. He was brought into Level 3 Communications by its long-time CEO Jim Crowe in 2008 to serve as its president and chief operating officer (COO) and was the architect of the company's 2011 acquisition of

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. When Crowe stepped down in 2013, Storey succeeded him as CEO.Fierce Wireless (13 November 2013). "Jeff Storey, CEO and President, Level 3 - Most Powerful Person in Wireless and Wireline". (archived from th
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Storey, who also owns a ranch in Oklahoma, is married with six children.

References

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