Robert A. Brooks

Robert Alan Brooks
Born(1932-05-10)May 10, 1932[1][2]
Boston
DiedAugust 1, 2000(2000-08-01) (aged 68)
St. Louis
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNortheastern University
OccupationTelecommunications entrepreneur
Organization(s)Cencom Cable Associates, Brooks Telecommunications, several others
SpouseJoAnne
ChildrenRobert, Marguerite, Patricia, Deborah, Maureen, Mary Katherine, Michael, and John[3]

Robert Alan "Bob" Brooks (May 10, 1932 – August 1, 2000) was an American telecommunications entrepreneur in St. Louis, Missouri who founded several companies and was listed by Red Herring magazine as one of the Top Ten Entrepreneurs of 1999.[4] His two best-known companies were Cencom Cable Associates and Brooks Fiber Properties. Cencom was sold to Hallmark Cards for $1 billion, and Brooks Fiber Properties was sold to WorldCom for $3 billion.[5] His companies were responsible for building hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber-optic and cable television wiring across the United States.[3]

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  2. ^ "In memory of Robert A. Brooks, 1931–2000". St. Louis Commerce Magazine. September 2000. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Stroud, Jerri (August 2, 2000). "Robert A. Brooks, local entrepreneur who made a fortune in Cable TV, dies at 69". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  4. ^ Gove, Alex (September 1999). "Telco angel: Bob Brooks is one of the top ten entrepreneurs of 1999". Red Herring. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000.
  5. ^ "Robert A. Brooks, 69, Midwestern telecommunications entrepreneur". The Baltimore Sun. August 4, 2000. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2014.