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How John Malone Built a Media Empire on Debt and Cable
This episode of The CEO Diary dives into the strategy of John Malone, the 'Cable Cowboy' who built TCI and later Liberty Media into a sprawling media and telecom empire. Lucas and Luna explore Malone's signature move: using massive leverage, tax-efficient deal structures, and a long-term horizon to acquire assets at bargain prices. They trace his early days at TCI in the 1970s, the 1990s sale to AT&T, and how Liberty Media became a holding company for everything from SiriusXM to Formula 1. Specific numbers discussed: TCI's market cap growth from $60 million to $23 billion…
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