Rocco Commisso, the veteran cable TV executive turned founder of the cable giant Mediacom and owner of Italy’s ACF Fiorentina, has died. He was 76.
Commisso’s death was announced by Mediacom and the Italian soccer team late Friday night, with the team saying that he died “after a prolonged period of medical treatment.”
A banker turned cable CFO, the executive founded Mediacom in 1995 when he was 45 years old, focusing the nascent cable provider on smaller cities and towns that were not being adequately served by other cable companies.
