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Hughes Electronics

COMPANY

Formed when General Motors purchased Hughes Aircraft from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and merged it with DELCO Electronics, 31 December 1985. The name Hughes Aircraft lives on as a division of Hughes Electronics, and in 1995 General Dynamics' missile business was acquired and merged in as well. Also in 1995, Magnavox was acquired for $382.4M. In 1997 Hughes Aircraft merged with Raytheon. Sale of Hughes Electronics to EchoStar pending as of February 2011.

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
C. Michael Armstrong
Business
18-Oct-1938   CEO of Comcast, 2002-04
Roxanne S. Austin
Business
c. 1960   President and COO of DirecTV, 2001-03
Robin Beard
Politician
21-Aug-1939 16-Jun-2007 Congressman from Tennessee, 1973-83
Chase Carey
Business
c. 1954   President and COO of News Corporation
Odie C. Donald
Business
c. 1949   President of DirecTV, 2000-01
Howard Hughes
Business
24-Sep-1905 5-Apr-1976 Insane billionaire
Charles H. Noski
Business
c. 1951   CFO of Northrop Grumman, 2003-05
W. Allen Reed
Business
1947   CEO of GM Asset Management, 1994-2005
Michael T. Smith
Business
5-Oct-1943   CEO of Hughes Electronics, 1997-2001

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Chase Carey
Business
c. 1954   President and COO of News Corporation
J. Michael Losh
Business
c. 1948   CFO of General Motors, 1994-2000
Peter A. Lund
Business
c. 1941   CEO of CBS, 1995-97
Rupert Murdoch
Business
11-Mar-1931   Founder and CEO of News Corp
Charles H. Noski
Business
c. 1951   CFO of Northrop Grumman, 2003-05
Eckhard Pfeiffer
Business
20-Aug-1941   CEO of Compaq, 1991-99

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Thomas E. Everhart
Physicist
15-Feb-1932   President of CalTech, 1987-97
Harry J. Pearce
Business
20-Aug-1942   Vice Chairman of GM, 1996-2001
John F. Smith, Jr.
Business
6-Apr-1938   CEO of General Motors, 1992-2000
Michael T. Smith
Business
5-Oct-1943   CEO of Hughes Electronics, 1997-2001


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