EchoStar Corporation Names Michael Dugan President and CEO

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November 18, 2009: 06:00 AM ET



EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) announced today that Michael T. Dugan has been named the company's president and CEO, positions formerly held by Charles Ergen. Mr. Ergen will remain chairman of EchoStar Corporation.


Mr. Dugan currently serves on the board of directors for EchoStar and previously served in several executive roles, including president and chief operating officer, at the combined company from 1990-2004 prior to EchoStar's spinoff from DISH Network Corporation in January 2008.


"Mike was the chief architect behind the technological foundation for EchoStar and DISH Network, and I am pleased to welcome him back into the company he helped build," said Mr. Ergen. "Having Mike on board, along with the current executive management, establishes a highly seasoned team for leading EchoStar's endeavors in deploying advanced set-top box technologies and delivering satellite services worldwide."



Mr. Dugan began his EchoStar career as vice president of engineering for the subsidiary that later became EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

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[worrell]

Let us therefore wish for Mr Dugan all the best on his new roll as President ,CEO of Dish, and hoping he wo'nt come down so hard on us whenever time we get the chance to watch free TV again.

[wrangler]

Smoke and mirrors. Chuck still gets all the money. The last Forbes report estimated his personal wealth at 4.4 billion and that's not counting what he's hidden overseas. Not too bad for an old cardshark from Vegas.

[bellhavenbob]

I guess we can stop calling it charlie and start calling it mikey.

[OriginalCrazyone]

let's hope it isn't like the mikey of ages old... you know, "Mikey will eat anything" as in your life soul and livelyhood...

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