Gene W. Schneider
Born: 8-Sep-1926
Birthplace: Enid, OK
Died: 21-Aug-2009
Location of death: Cherry Hills Village, CO
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: United Cable Television Corp.
Military service: US Navy (WWII)
Father: Harry Schneider
Mother: Gladys Campbell
Brother: Richard Schneider (business partner)
Wife: Phyllis (m. 1955, d. 1975 cancer, one son, three daughters)
Son: Mark
Daughter: Marta Rendell (d.)
Daughter: Tina
Daughter: Carla
Wife: Louise Rouillie (m. 1977, until his death)
High School: San Benito, TX (1943)
University: BS Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (1949)
UnitedGlobalCom CEO (1995-2004)
UnitedGlobalCom (1989-95)
United Cable Television Corporation Co-Founder (1953-89)
Member of the Board of Advance Display Technologies (1997-, as Chairman, 1997-)
Member of the Board of Austar (1999-)
Member of the Board of Discovery Communications
Member of the Board of National Cable Satellite Corporation (1979-)
Member of the Board of Liberty Global (2005-08)
Member of the Board of Turner Broadcasting
Member of the Board of UnitedGlobalCom (as Chairman, 2001-05)
National Cable Television Association Board of Directors
National Cable & Telecommunications Association Board of Directors
Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame 2002
German Ancestry Paternal
Scottish Ancestry Maternal
Irish Ancestry Maternal
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