Michael T. Fries

Mr. Fries has served as the Chief Executive Officer, President and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Liberty Global since June 2005. Mr. Fries was Chief Executive Officer of UnitedGlobalCom LLC from January 2004 until the businesses of UGC and Liberty Media International, Inc. were combined to form Liberty Global.

Mr. Fries has well over 30 years of experience in the cable and media industry. For over 13 years, he has held the positions of Chief Executive Officer, President and Vice Chairman of Liberty Global. He was a founding member of the management team that launched Liberty Global’s international expansion over 28 years ago, and he has served in various strategic and operating capacities since that time. As an executive officer of Liberty Global and its predecessor, Mr. Fries has overseen its growth into one of the world’s largest and most innovative cable companies with broadband, entertainment, voice and mobile services in 11 countries. With 52 million broadband, video, voice and mobile subscribers, close to 27,000 employees and $16.6 billion of annualized revenue, Liberty Global is recognized as a global leader in entertainment, media and broadband.

Mr. Fries is Executive Chairman of Liberty Latin America Ltd. (since December 2017) (NASDAQ: LILA) and a director of Grupo Televisa S.A.B. (NYSE: TV; BMV: TLEVISA CPO) (since April 2015). Mr. Fries is a director of CableLabs®, The Cable Center, the non-profit educational arm of the U.S. cable industry, and The Paley Center for Media, as well as various other non-profit organizations. Mr. Fries serves as a Digital Communications Governor and Steering Committee member of the World Economic Forum. Mr. Fries received his Bachelor’s Degree from Wesleyan University (where he is a member of the Board of Trustees) and his Masters of Business Administration from Columbia University (where he is a member of the Board of Overseers for the business school).