Michael S. Willner

{{Short description|American businessman (born 1952)}}

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| office = Chair of the Forward Party

| alongside = Christine Todd Whitman and Andrew Yang

| term_start = July 28, 2022

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1952}}

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| education = Boston University (BA)

| occupation = {{hlist|Entrepreneur|Lobbyist|Buisnessman|author}}

| party = Forward

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| website = {{URL|https://www.michaelsinsight.com/}}

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Michael S. Willner (born 1952) is an American businessman, lobbyist, and politician serving as National Co-chair of the Forward Party alongside Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman.

Career

Willner spent much of his career in the cable television industry, where he served as vice-chairman and CEO of Penthera and co-founded Insight Communications in 1985, where he served as CEO and vice chairman of the board until February 2012, when the company was sold to Time Warner Cable.{{Cite web |date=2011-08-15 |title=Time Warner Cable Buys Cable Company Insight Communications For $3 Billion |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/15/time-warner-cable-buys-cable-company-insight-communications-for-3-billion/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |author1=Kent Gibbons |date=2014-05-15 |title=Michael Willner To Head Comcast-Charter Venture |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/michael-willner-head-comcast-charter-venture-374583 |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Multichannel News |language=en}}

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Category:1952 births

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