COMPANY

Formed 2005 by the $35B acqusition by Sprint of Nextel.

Official Website:
http://www.sprint.com/

Industry:
Communications

Ticker:
NYSE:S

Corporate headquarters:
Reston, VA

Sales:
$44B (2006)

Employees:
80,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gary D. Forsee	Business	1950		CEO of Sprint Nextel, 2005-07
Dan Hesse	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Sprint Nextel
Len J. Lauer	Business	c. 1957		EVP at Qualcomm
Judith A. Muhlberg	Business	c. 1952		Public relations consultant, Gagen MacDonald

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert R. Bennett	Business	19-Apr-1958		CEO of Liberty Media, 1997-2005
Gordon M. Bethune	Business	1941		CEO of Continental Airlines, 1994-2004
Frank M. Drendel	Business	c. 1948		CEO of CommScope
James H. Hance, Jr.	Business	c. 1944		CFO, Bank of America, 1988-2004
V. Janet Hill	Business	c. 1948		Alexander & Associates
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.	Business	12-Aug-1936		CEO of Hallmark, 1986-2001
Rodney O'Neal	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Delphi
William H. Swanson	Business	1949		CEO of Raytheon

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Keith J. Bane	Business	c. 1940		Former EVP Global Stategy, Motorola
Timothy M. Donahue	Business	1949		CEO of Nextel, 1999-2005
Gary D. Forsee	Business	1950		CEO of Sprint Nextel, 2005-07
William E. Kennard	Government	19-Jan-1957		FCC Chairman, 1997-2001
Linda Koch Lorimer	Business	c. 1953		Secretary of Yale University
Ralph V. Whitworth	Business	c. 1954		Chairman of Apria Healthcare, 1998-2005

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jeff Gordon	Auto Racing	4-Aug-1971		Four-time Winston Cup winner

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