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Canceled: Cox Communications president and CEO to keynote ECP luncheon

Canceled: Alex Taylor, who oversees $21 billion in annual revenues and more than 55,000 employees worldwide, will speak at the Economic Club of Phoenix event on Thursday, March 12.

 

TEMPE, Ariz. (March 3, 2020) — Alex Taylor, president and CEO of Cox Enterprises, will speak at the Economic Club of Phoenix (ECP) luncheon on Thursday, March 12, at Camelback Golf Club in Scottsdale from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend the event hosted by Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business.

Taylor, who heads the communications, media, and automotive services company, oversees $21 billion in annual revenues and more than 55,000 employees worldwide. During his career at Cox, Taylor has held numerous leadership positions and managed Cox Media Group, where he presided over its largest television, radio, newspaper, and digital properties. He serves on Cox Enterprises’ board of directors and is the great-grandson of James M. Cox, who founded the company in 1898.

He began his career as a reporter for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel in Colorado and received his bachelor’s degree in human and organizational development from Vanderbilt University.

About the Economic Club of Phoenix
The Dean’s Council, a group of prominent business executives, founded the ECP in January 1985 in conjunction with Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business. Thirty-five years later, the club remains the premier luncheon speaker series in the Valley designed to enhance the discussion of economic and business, labor, and public sectors in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

More information about the ECP and its speaker series can be found at econclubphx.org.

About the W. P. Carey School of Business
The W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University is one of the top-ranked business schools in the United States. The school is internationally regarded for its research productivity and its distinguished faculty members, including a Nobel Prize winner. Students come from more than 100 countries and W. P. Carey is represented by alumni in over 160 countries. Visit wpcarey.asu.edu.

For more information, contacts:
Kim Steinmetz, W. P. Carey School of Business
kim.steinmetz@asu.edu
480-965-5464

Shay Moser, W. P. Carey School of Business
shay.moser@asu.edu
480-965-3963

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