Amos Hostetter, Jr.
Amos Barr Hostetter Jr. is an American businessman, who was the founder, chairman, and CEO of Continental Cablevision. With an estimated current net worth of around $2.6 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 521st richest person in the world as of 2012. He has also served as the chairman of C-SPAN.
- Amos Hostetter Jr. made a fortune in the 1990s as cable TV pioneer and now is most active in philanthropy.
- He set out with an MBA and $1,500 in the 1960s to invest in a cable TV company that eventually became Continental Cablevision.
- He sold it to US West for $11 billion in 1996.
- His family’s Barr Foundation donates tens of millions of dollars each year to support the arts and education and fight climate change.
- Hostetter also runs Pilot House Ventures, an early-stage investment firm.
