John Malone
Cable television · Elizabeth, Colorado
Net worth
$11.5B
Today
+$3M+0.03%Past month
+$343M+3.08%As of Nov 11, 2026, 1:50 PM EST
Nicknamed the Cable Cowboy, John Malone is known for his penchant for media deals and complicated corporate structures. From the 1970s to the 1990s, Malone built up cable TV firm TCI as right hand man to founder Bob Magness (d. 1996). Malone became the CEO of TCI in 1973 at 29 years old, then sold the firm to AT&T for more than $50 billion in 1999. His Liberty Media closed a $4.4 billion acquisition of auto-racing league Formula 1 in January 2017. Malone retired from the board of telecom giant Charter Communications in 2018 and in 2025 stepped down from the board of Warner Bros.
Net worth over time
Principal holdings
19 positions| Company | Industry | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Private and other holdings | Media & Entertainment | 75.4% | $8.7B |
Sirius XM Radio NASDAQ: SIRI | Media & Entertainment | 5.2% | $593M |
Liberty Media--Liberty Live Group Class C NASDAQ: LLYVK | Media & Entertainment | 3.3% | $378M |
Charter Communications Inc. NASDAQ: CHTR | Media & Entertainment | 2.4% | $272M |
Liberty Media Corp. Shs -C- NASDAQ: FWONK | Media & Entertainment | 2.4% | $272M |
Warner Bros. Discovery Series A NASDAQ: WBD | Media & Entertainment | 2.2% | $248M |
Liberty Media Corp. Shs -B- US OTC: FWONB | Media & Entertainment | 2.1% | $239M |
Liberty Media--Liberty Live Group Class B US OTC: LLYVB | Media & Entertainment | 2.1% | $237M |
Liberty Braves Group (Series C) NASDAQ: BATRK | Media & Entertainment | 1.3% | $146M |
Liberty Global Inc C NASDAQ: LBTYK | Media & Entertainment | 0.9% | $99M |
LiLAC Group (Class C) NASDAQ: LILAK | Media & Entertainment | 0.8% | $91M |
Liberty Media--Liberty Live Group Class A NASDAQ: LLYVA | Media & Entertainment | 0.7% | $75M |
Liberty Braves Group (Series B) US OTC: BATRB | Media & Entertainment | 0.6% | $65M |
Liberty Global Inc. (Cl A) NASDAQ: LBTYA | Media & Entertainment | 0.4% | $45M |
Liberty Braves Group (Series A) NASDAQ: BATRA | Media & Entertainment | 0.3% | $31M |
LiLAC Group (Class A) NASDAQ: LILA | Media & Entertainment | 0.2% | $19M |
Liberty Media Corp. NASDAQ: FWONA | Media & Entertainment | 0.2% | $18M |
Liberty Global Inc. (Cl B) NASDAQ: LBTYB | Media & Entertainment | 0.0% | $1M |
LiLAC Group (Class B) US OTC: LILAB | Media & Entertainment | 0.0% | $142K |
Also known for
- The Connecticut native is the nation's second biggest individual landowner, with over two million acres across seven states.
- Malone has a doctorate in operations research from Johns Hopkins, and started off his career at Bell Telephone Laboratories.