Reed Hundt
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Reed E. Hundt (born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 3 1948) was chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 1993 to 1997. Appointed by President Clinton, he served for most of Clinton's first term. He was succeeded by William Kennard.
After leaving the FCC, Hundt has worked as an advisor to McKinsey & Company and to the Blackstone Group. He has also joined the board of several technology companies, including Intel Corp., where he took the seat of legendary icon Gordon Moore upon Moore's retirement. In addition, Hundt is on the advisory board of Yale School of Management. He has written "You Say You Want A Revolution: A Story of Information Age Politics" (Yale:2000) and "In China's Shadow: The Crisis of American Entrepreneurship" (Yale: 2006).
Hundt earned a B.A. with Exceptional Distinction in History from Yale College (1969) and a law degree from Yale Law School (1974) where he was a member of the executive board of the Yale Law Journal. From 1975 to 1993 he practiced law at Latham & Watkins.
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| Preceded by: James H. Quello | Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission November 1993–November 1997 | Succeeded by: William E. Kennard |
