Seattle-area maritime high school sets sail with support from tech luminaries Bezos and McCaw The Bezos Family Foundation and the McCaw family are putting some wind in the sails of the newly launched Maritime… Read More
Astra Space launches its first day of public trading with backing from Craig McCaw and Bill Gates A California-based space venture called Astra marked its first day as a publicly traded company today, completing a financial transition… Read More
After getting a boost from Craig McCaw, Astra rocket venture gets set to go public on July 1 Astra, the California-based space startup that’s aiming to merge with a blank-check company founded by Seattle telecom pioneer Craig McCaw,… Read More
How telecom pioneer Craig McCaw hitched up with Astra rocket venture in $2.1B deal Back in the 1990s, cellular telecom pioneer Craig McCaw bought into a vision of ubiquitous wireless service via a constellation… Read More
How Tom Alberg bet on Seattle and Amazon, shaping the region’s tech industry and building a legacy of understated influence It was the mid 1990s, and Tom Alberg had a decision to make. Jeff Bezos had arrived in Seattle and… Read More
Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw files IPO for new Seattle-area ‘blank check’ tech company Holicity Craig McCaw, the low-key and mysterious billionaire known for his pioneering work in the telecom industry, is heading up a… Read More
Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw takes more active role at Pendrell, as CEO Ben Wolff resigns with $3M severance Patent holding company Pendrell is undergoing a shakeup, with CEO Benjamin Wolff resigning from the board and the CEO post,… Read More
Is your Internet sluggish? Most broadband providers slower than advertised Does it take forever to load a webpage, or do you find that watching Netflix can be a painful experience? If… Read More
Sprint takes majority control of Clearwire, buys Craig McCaw’s holdings What a long strange trip it’s been. Sprint Nextel announced today in a SEC filing that it plans to acquire… Read More
Craig McCaw pays $35M for classic Ferrari — most expensive car ever sold If you’ve ever driven off a car lot feeling like you spent more than you should have, you can take… Read More
Live like Craig McCaw: Telecom mogul selling posh private island for $75M Wireless pioneer Craig McCaw has long been one of the key figures in the Seattle region’s technology industry, from the… Read More
Pendrell stock falls 45% after court overturns $603 million verdict in Boeing case Pendrell Corp., the Kirkland patent holding firm led by former executives of Clearwire, said it was disappointed after the Court… Read More
Craig McCaw-backed Pendrell makes a big patent buy Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures may be the best known of the patent holding firms in the Seattle area. But another… Read More
Bill Gates still richest in U.S., but Jeff Bezos is climbing the charts Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates held on to his title as richest American with a net worth of $59 billion, marking… Read More
