Shelby Bryan
John Shelby Bryan (born March 12, 1946) is an American communications executive.
The Texas-born millionaire attended college at the University of Texas, and later became a Golden Gloves boxer. After graduation he soon began working with Ralph Nader, then studied at Harvard Business School. From there he began working at Morgan Stanley.Mr. Bryan left Morgan Stanely in 1977 to form with Jan Stenbeck one of the first modern cellular phone systems in the U.S. Mr. Bryan, as CEO, ran the newly founded company Millicom, which started cellular operations in more countries covering a greater population than any other company. One of the early joint ventures start-ups was Vodafone, which became the world’s largest cell phone company..
In 1985, Bryan built up Millicom, which at the time was one of the first of only two cellular phone companies in existence. In 1994, Shelby Bryan became CEO of ICG Communications. In 1996, Bryan became one of Bill Clinton's chief fund raisers and supporters. In 1999, Bryan was named to President Clinton's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
In 2000, Bryan's ICG empire crumbled. The collapse was seen in part to be the result of Bryan's overspending.[citation needed]. This harsh assessment ignores the marketplace vagaries the company faced, as well as the competitive nature of the marketplace populated by companies who were investing billions in infrastructure. Some have said Bryan's greatest failure is not cowering to the press, so when troubles hit ICG, they were more critical of him then they might otherwise have been.
BusinessWeek lists Bryan as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PingTone,[1] an IP communications company. He is also involved with oil and gas ventures.
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[edit] Immediate family
Bryan and his first wife, Lucia, have two daughters, Ashley and Alexis. After divorcing Lucia, Bryan married his second wife Katherine, and had two sons, Austin and Jack. Bryan's affair with Anna Wintour became public knowledge in 1999 and in 2000, Bryan and his second wife went through a highly publicized divorce; Bryan went on to live with Anna Wintour.
Shelby's father was James Perry Bryan III.[2] Shelby's mother was Gretchen (Smith) Bryan.[3] Shelby's paternal grandfather was William Joel Bryan II.[4] Shelby's paternal grandmother was Catherine Weisinger Perry.[5]
[edit] Descent from Austin family
Shelby is the great, great, great grandson of Emily Margaret Austin Bryan Perry. Shelby is not a direct descendant of Emily's brother, Stephen F. Austin; Stephen F. Austin did not have offspring, issue, or children.[6]
[edit] Personal life
Shelby is dating Vogue Editor in Chief, Anna Wintour, and is an avid golfer, and travler.
[edit] References
- ^ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=3641854
- ^ Marie Beth Jones, 1982, Peach Point Plantation: The First 150 Years (Waco: Texian Press), p. 191, ISBN 0963004204
- ^ Marie Beth Jones, 1982, Peach Point Plantation: The First 150 Years (Waco: Texian Press), p. 191, ISBN 0963004204
- ^ Marie Beth Jones, 1982, Peach Point Plantation: The First 150 Years (Waco: Texian Press), p. 191, ISBN 0963004204
- ^ Marie Beth Jones, 1982, Peach Point Plantation: The First 150 Years (Waco: Texian Press), p. 191, ISBN 0963004204
- ^ Adriance, Lois Brock. (1984) Descendants of Moses Austin, Texian Press: Waco, p. 1, Library of Congress Number 84-080078
- Gray, Kevin (1999-09-20). "The Summer of Her Discontent". New York magazine. http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/people/features/1460/index.html. Retrieved 2006-07-09.
