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Type
  
Public

Founded
  
1969

Founder
  
LeRoy T. Carlson Jr.

Number of employees
  
10,300

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Traded as
  
NYSE: TDSS&P 400 Component

Industry
  
Communications Services

Key people
  
LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., President & CEO

Products
  
Local wireline and wireless telecommunication services, Internet services

Revenue
  
$5.104 billion USD (2016)

CEO
  
LeRoy T. Carlson Jr. (1986–)

Stock price
  
TDS (NYSE) US$ 25.04 -0.16 (-0.63%)28 Mar, 9:54 AM GMT-4 - Disclaimer

Headquarters
  
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Subsidiaries
  
TDS Telecom, U.S. Cellular, OneNeck IT Solutions

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. is a Chicago-based telecommunications service company providing wireless, local- and long-distance telephone, broadband and video services to approximately 7 million customers in 36 states through its business units TDS Telecom and U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM).

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The company began as a rural phone company in Wisconsin in 1969. In 1983 it founded U.S. Cellular as a subsidiary.

LeRoy T. Carlson, the founder of TDS, died in May 2016 at the age of 100.

Executive officers

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.'s current executive officers are:

  • LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Telephone and Data Systems
  • Ken Myers, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Cellular
  • David A. Wittwer, President and Chief Executive Officer, TDS Telecom
  • Kenneth R. Meyers, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Telephone and Data Systems
  • Joseph R. Hanley, Senior Vice President — Technology, Services and Strategy, Telephone and Data Systems
  • Peter L. Sereda, Senior Vice President — Finance and Treasurer, Telephone and Data Systems
  • Douglas D. Shuma, Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, Telephone and Data Systems
  • Kurt B. Thaus, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Telephone and Data Systems
  • Scott H. Williamson, Senior Vice President — Acquisitions and Corporate Development, Telephone and Data Systems
  • Jane McCahon, Vice President - Corporate Relations
  • C. Theodore Herbert, Vice President — Human Resources, Telephone and Data Systems

    • Board of directors

    Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.'s current board of directors are:

  • Walter C.D. Carlson, Chairman of the Board (non-executive)
  • LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
  • Letitia G. Carlson, MD
  • Prudence E. Carlson
  • Clarence A. Davis
  • Kenneth R. Meyers
  • Donald C. Nebergall
  • George W. Off
  • Christopher D. O’Leary
  • Mitchell H. Saranow
  • Gary L. Sugarman
  • Herbert S. Wander

    • References

    Telephone and Data Systems Wikipedia
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