The Bezos Family Foundation and the McCaw family are putting some wind in the sails of the newly launched Maritime High School. The two Seattle-area tech families are donating to… Read More
A California-based space venture called Astra marked its first day as a publicly traded company today, completing a financial transition in which Seattle-area telecom pioneer Craig McCaw played a key… Read More
Astra, the California-based space startup that’s aiming to merge with a blank-check company founded by Seattle telecom pioneer Craig McCaw, has set a July 1 target date to go public… Read More
Back in the 1990s, cellular telecom pioneer Craig McCaw bought into a vision of ubiquitous wireless service via a constellation of satellites, with an assist from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.… Read More
It was the mid 1990s, and Tom Alberg had a decision to make. Jeff Bezos had arrived in Seattle and was looking for investors for his nascent virtual bookstore. Alberg,… Read More
Craig McCaw, the low-key and mysterious billionaire known for his pioneering work in the telecom industry, is heading up a new Seattle-area “blank check” company that filed for an IPO… Read More
Patent holding company Pendrell is undergoing a shakeup, with CEO Benjamin Wolff resigning from the board and the CEO post, according to a SEC filing released Thursday morning. Wolff, the… Read More
Does it take forever to load a webpage, or do you find that watching Netflix can be a painful experience? If your answer is “yes,” you aren’t alone. The vast majority of… Read More
What a long strange trip it’s been. Sprint Nextel announced today in a SEC filing that it plans to acquire the Clearwire shares owned by Craig McCaw, a move that… Read More
If you’ve ever driven off a car lot feeling like you spent more than you should have, you can take comfort in knowing that at least you didn’t spend as… Read More
Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw has long been one of the key figures in the Seattle region’s technology industry, from the early days of McCaw Cellular to the formation of Clearwire… Read More
Pendrell Corp., the Kirkland patent holding firm led by former executives of Clearwire, said it was disappointed after the Court of Appeal of the State of California overturned a 2008 verdict… Read More
Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures may be the best known of the patent holding firms in the Seattle area. But another player with ties to a different wealthy Seattle techie is… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates held on to his title as richest American with a net worth of $59 billion, marking the 18th year in a row that the software pioneer… Read More