Bio

Mr. Kent began his career as a CPA with Arthur Andersen in 1979. He left to head up acquisitions and finance for an upstart cable company, Cencom Cable Associates, Inc. in 1983. He later became CFO of that company. Cencom grew by acquisition and eventually served 550,000 customers in the U.S. when it was sold in 1991. After serving one year with the acquirer, Mr. Kent left and co-founded Charter Communications, Inc. in January of 1993. As President and CEO, he led the company to be one of the top 10 largest cable operators in the U.S., serving 1.3 million customers. In 1998, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen acquired Charter with Mr. Kent continuing as President and CEO. Charter subsequently grew to serve over 7 million customers as the nation's fourth largest cable company.