Charles F Dolan

Cablevision billionaire

Cable pioneer crusading to drive shares of Cablevision higher after trying to take the company private in recent years. Announced $30 million, 10-cent-per-share quarterly dividend in August; mulling more stock buybacks and spinoffs. Market impressed so far; stock up 66% since July low but flat for the year. Family's stake worth $2.4 billion. First attempted to take company private in 2005: initial $7.9 billion eventually swelled to $10.6 billion in 2007; final offer blocked by shareholders. Inventor's son founded network that became Home Box Office. Traded channel with the old Time Inc. for a cable company with 1,500 Long Island customers in 1973. Became Cablevision; today serves 3 million. Company owns Radio City Music Hall, basketball's New York Knicks, hockey's New York Rangers.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Board Memberships

Cablevision Systems

• Chairman [+1]

• Director

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Biological Laboratory

• Honorary Trustee

Donations

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Prostate Cancer Foundation The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) was founded in 1993 to find better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer.

• Donation · 1,000,000 USD

Tom Suozzi US Representative from New York (2017-2023); 2022 NY Governor candidate

• 5 contributions · 98,700 USD (Jun 30 '06→Nov 1 '13)

Andrew Cuomo former governor of New York State

• 5 contributions · 47,700 USD (Apr 28 '09→Feb 17 '16)

George E Pataki Former Governor of New York; of counsel, Chadbourne & Parke

• 4 contributions · 40,000 USD (Jun 14 '01→Jul 9 '04)

New Yorkers For Proven Leadership Inc Super PAC that supported Joe Lhota for NYC Mayor in 2013

• 1 contribution · 25,000 USD (Oct 8 '13)

David A Paterson Lobbyist, Sands Las Vegas; Governor of New York (2008-2010)

• 1 contribution · 10,000 USD (Jan 8 '09) [+1]

• Donation · 10,000 USD (Jan 8 '09)

Eliot Spitzer Former Governor of New York

• 2 contributions · 9,000 USD (Jun 16 '00→Nov 9 '01)

Kathleen Rice U.S. Representative (2015-present) ; Former Nassau County District Attorney

• 2 contributions · 8,000 USD (May 7 '10→Jan 12 '12)

Scott Stringer New York City comptroller

• 1 contribution · 4,950 USD (Dec 19 '12)

Carl L Marcellino NYS Senator

• 3 contributions · 3,900 USD (Oct 8 '04→Jun 9 '15)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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RNC Republican National State Elections Committee

• 1 contribution · 250,000 USD ('00)

National Cable and Telecommunications Association Political Action Committee (Ncta PAC)

• 15 contributions · 68,000 USD ('89→'12)

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 3 contributions · 55,800 USD ('04→'12)

Cablevision Systems Corporation Political Action Committee

• 10 contributions · 50,000 USD ('90→'12)

Mitt Romney U.S. senator from Utah, former Massachusetts governor

• 4 contributions · 28,300 USD ('12)

National Republican Senatorial Committee Campaign committee for Republican U.S. Senate candidates

• 2 contributions · 25,000 USD ('11→'12)

John McCain US Senator and Representative from Arizona

• 7 contributions · 16,400 USD ('99→'08)

Frank Lautenberg US Senator from New Jersey

• 7 contributions · 13,100 USD ('05→'07)

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 7 contributions · 11,900 USD ('00→'08)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Political Fundraising Committee for Democratic Senatorial Candidates

• 1 contribution · 10,000 USD ('09)

Holdings

Cablevision Systems

• major shareholder

Family

Lawrence J Dolan Attorney; Owner, Cleveland Indians MLB baseball team

• brother

Helen Ann Dolan Spouse of Charles Dolan

• wife

James L Dolan CEO MSG/Cablevision

• son

Schools

John Carroll University Jesuit university in Ohio

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