Solomon Trujillo

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name = Sol Trujillo

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birth_name = Solomon Dennis Trujillo
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birth_place = Cheyenne, Wyoming
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employer = Telstra
occupation = Chief Executive Officer
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salary = AU $11 million including bonuses [cite news | title = Trujillo's $11m salary is abuse of system - PM | url = http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,22220936-462,00.html | publisher = News Limited | work = News.com.au | date = 2007-08-10 | accessdate = 2008-06-16 ]
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Solomon Dennis "Sol" Trujillo (born November 17, 1951 in Cheyenne, Wyoming) is an American businessman. [cite web | title = Future in Review Participants: Solomon Trujillo | url = http://www.futureinreview.com/participants.php?galleryid=3487 | work = Future in Review | publisher = Strategic News Service | accessdate = 2008-06-04 ] He is the Chief Executive Officer of Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications company.

Career

Trujillo has a Bachelor of Business degree (BBus) and an MBA from the University of Wyoming.He began his business career in 1975 as a business forecaster for Mountain Bell. He worked as President, chairman and CEO of U S WEST Communications, Inc. from 1995 to 2000. In November 2000, he became chairman and CEO of Graviton, [cite url | title=Solomon D. Trujillo, Former Head of US West, Named Chief Executive Officer of graviton | work=Business Wire | date=November 15, 2000 | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Nov_15/ai_66954070 ] remaining until that startup closed. In 2003, he became CEO of Orange SA in 2003, a company on which he had been a board member since 2001. He held that position March 2004. [cite url |title=Sol Trujillo steps down at Orange after successful completion of restructuring plan; Sanjiv Ahuja appointed new CEO |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20040413121024/http://www.francetelecom.com/en/financials/journalists/press_releases/CP_old/cp040330-3.html | publisher=press release |date=March 30, 2004] He was appointed Telstra's Chief Executive Officer on July 1, 2005. [cite news | author = AAP | title = Trujillo named as new Telstra CEO | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Trujillo-named-as-new-Telstra-CEO/2005/06/09/1118123941944.html | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | date = 2005-06-09 | publisher = Fairfax Media | accessdate = 2008-06-04 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/investor/docs/sol_trujillo_bio.pdf Telstra biography]
* [http://www.orange.com/Textonly/aboutorange/e_trujillo.asp?UID=&bhcp=1 Orange SA biography]
* [http://www.futureinreview.com/participants.php?galleryid=3487 Future in Review biography]
* [http://www.citizensagainstsellingtelstra.com/resources/2/dissent-trujillo-aug05.html Telstra's new boss] article from Dissent magazine, Aug 2005
* [http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-09-20 Sol Trujillo on the Line] SBS Dateline, 20 Sep 2006