Robert D. Marcus: Time Warner Cable Chairman & CEO

Robert D. Marcus graduated magna cum laude with a BA degree from Brown University in 1987. Robert was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar at Columbia Law School where he earned a JD in 1990 and was also an editor of the Columbia Law Review. 

After Columbia Law School he joined the law practice of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and stayed there until 1997. Robert joined Time Warner Inc. in 1998 and held various positions such as Senior Vice President for Mergers & Acquisitions. In August 2005 he joined Time Warner Cable as Senior Executive Vice President in charge of corporate groups such as  mergers and acquisitions, law, business affairs, programming and human resource. 

Robert led Time Warner Cable’s spinoff from Time Warner in 2009. He also initiated its move to a publicly traded company in 2007 as well as spearheaded several key acquisitions and mergers that expanded the company’s footprint and services. Under Robert’s leadership, Time Warner Cable put forth a disciplined capital allocation strategy that has been followed by many other leading S&P 500 companies. 

He became TWC’s Chief Financial Officer in 2008 and held the position until mid-2011. Robert was the company President and Chief Operation Officer beginning December 2010. 

During Robert’s term as COO, TWC invested to support future growth, enhanced its network and improved critical infrastructure. Residential and business product offering were expanded, with significantly faster data speeds and advanced multi-platform video products. He is firmly committed to creating a customer-centric organization, with a mission to connect TWC’s customers to the world, simply, reliably and with superior service. 

Robert was appointed to TWC’s Board of Directors in July 2013. He became the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2014. 

Robert serves on the board of directors of Equifax Inc., as well as the board of several organizations, including the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), the Museum of Moving Image among others. 

A Career Forged In Steel

Daniel R. DiMicco became the CEO of Nucor Corporation in 2000 and the Chairman in 2006. You can say his whole career has been forged in steel. From his college education to his professional life all has been focused on the steel industry.

Dan got his B.S. in Engineering, Metallurgy and Material Science from Brown University in 1972. He then obtained his M.S. in Metallurgy and Material Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975.

Dan first worked in 1975 for Republic Steel Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a research metallurgist and project leader.  In 1982 Dan moved to Nucor Steel in Plymouth, Utah as Plant Metallurgist and Manager of Quality Control.  He became Melting and Casting Manager at the Utah division in 1998 and his star has been rising in the company ever since.

Dan held the position of President from 2000 to 20011. His tenure has been marked with unmatched period of growth in company history.  He has also been active on the political front pointing out in many forums the need for fair trade practices that should be applied to foreign steel manufacturers as well.

The big steel producers in the world are no longer American companies.  Nucor holds the distinction of being the largest steel manufacturer in the U.S. and the world’s number one steel recycler.  Among the technological innovations implemented under Dan’s stewardship was the “micro” mill introduced in 2002. This is a smaller mill with fewer steps to produce steel sheets at a lesser cost and producing must lesser greenhouse gases.

Dan is very much into regaining America’s lost glory in the steel industry.