Joseph P. Clayton (11 October 19493 November 2018) was the CEO of

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, a

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based

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provider. He both took the role from and was replaced by Charlie Ergen.

Career

From 1992 to 1996, Clayton was executive vice president of marketing and sales in the Americas and Asia at

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(the Consumer Electronics Division at GE). During his tenure as EVP, Clayton was involved in developing and rolling out the consumer equipment for

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. In 1997, Clayton become the CEO of

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(originally Rochester Telephone). He was CEO of Frontier until September 1999, during which time the company acquired GlobalCenter. Clayton went on to become president of Global Crossing Ltd, the company that acquired Frontier Communications. He was president until November 2001. From 2001 to 2004, Clayton was the CEO of

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, where he launched

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. He then became the president of Sirius until 2008. In May 2011, Clayton took over the role of CEO of DISH Network from Charlie Ergen. Clayton stepped down from his role in February 2015, and was replaced by Ergen. Clayton died November 3, 2018, at the age of 69.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clayton, Joe American business executives 1949 births 2018 deaths Dish Network Businesspeople from Louisville, Kentucky Kelley School of Business alumni Indiana University Bloomington alumni