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22 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
PAUL G. ALLEN, CHAIRMAN, 47
Mr. Allen is a private investor with interests in a wide variety
of companies, many of which focus on multimedia digital com-
munications. His 150 portfolio companies include Interval
Research Corporation, of which Mr. Allen is Chairman of the
Board, Vulcan Ventures, Inc., Vulcan Programming, Inc. and
Vulcan Cable III Inc. Mr Allen also serves as a director of vari-
ous private corporations.
JERALD L. KENT, 43
Mr. Kent is president, chief executive officer and director of
Charter Communications, Inc. Prior to co-founding Charter
Investment, Inc. in 1993, Mr. Kent was executive vice presi-
dent and chief financial officer of Cencom Cable Associates,
Inc., where he previously held other executive positions. Mr.
Kent is a member of the board of directors of High Speed
Access Corp., Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. and Com21
Inc. Earlier he was with Arthur Andersen LLP, where he
attained the position of tax manager. Mr. Kent, a certified
public accountant, received a bachelor’s degree and M.B.A.
from Washington University (St. Louis).
MARC B. NATHANSON, 54
Mr. Nathanson was chairman and chief executive officer of
Falcon Holding Group, Inc. and its predecessors from 1975 to
1999, and prior to 1995 he also served as president. Prior to
1975, he held executive positions with Teleprompter
Corporation, Warner Cable, and Cypress Communications
Corporation. Mr. Nathanson served as chairman and chief
executive officer of Enstar Communications Corporation from
1988 to 1999. Mr. Nathanson serves as a director of the
National Cable Television Association, director of Digital
Entertainment Network, Inc. and an Advisory Board member
of TVA (Brazil).
RONALD L. NELSON, 47
Mr. Nelson is a founding member of DreamWorks LLC, where
he has served in executive management since 1994. In 15 years
at Paramount Communications Inc., he held a variety of
operating and executive positions. Mr. Nelson has a B.S. from
the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the
University of California at Los Angeles. Mr. Nelson serves on
the board of directors of Advanced Tissue Sciences.
NANCY B. PERETSMAN, 45
Ms. Peretsman has been a managing director and executive
vice president of Allen & Company, an investment banking
firm (unrelated to Paul Allen) since 1995. From 1983 to 1995
she was an investment banker at Salomon Brothers Inc.,
where she was a managing director since 1990. She received a
B.A. from Princeton University and an M.P.P.M. from Yale
University. Ms. Peretsman serves on the board of directors of
Oxygen Media, Inc., New Sub Services, Inc. and Priceline.com
Incorporated.
WILLIAM D. SAVOY, 36
Since 1990, Mr. Savoy has been an officer and a director for
many affiliates of Paul Allen, including vice president and a
director of Vulcan Ventures, president of Vulcan Northwest,
president and a director of Vulcan Programming and president
and director of Vulcan Cable III Inc. From 1987 until
November 1990, Mr. Savoy was employed by Layered, Inc. and
became its president in 1988. Mr. Savoy serves on the Advisory
Board of DreamWorks SKG and also serves as director of
drugstore.com, inc., Go2Net, Inc., Harbinger Corporation,
High Speed Access Corp., Metricom, Inc., Telescan, Inc.,
Ticketmaster Online— CitySearch, Inc., USA Networks, Inc.
and Value America, Inc. Mr. Savoy holds a B.S. in computer
science, accounting and finance from Atlantic Union College.
HOWARD L. WOOD, 60
Mr. Wood co-founded Charter Investment, Inc. in 1993
and served in various executive capacities through
November 1999, when he became a consultant to Charter
Communications, Inc. Prior to 1993, Mr. Wood was chief
executive officer of Cencom Cable Associates, Inc., where he
had also held other executive positions. Earlier he was
partner-in-charge of the St. Louis Tax Division of Arthur
Andersen LLP. Mr. Wood is a certified public accountant. He
graduated from Washington University (St. Louis) School of
Business. Mr. Wood serves as a director of Van Liner Group,
Inc., First State Community Bank, Gaylord Entertainment
Company and Data Research, Inc.
Directors of Charter Communications, Inc.