Hi, I am Charlie Ergen, I am an American billionaire businessman. I am co-founder and chairman of Dish Network and EchoStar. I stepped down as CEO of Dish in May 2011 in favor of Joseph Clayton. I resumed as CEO upon Clayton's March 2015 retirement and was CEO until December 2017, when i promoted president and COO Erik Carlson to CEO, but remains as chairman. I owns 48 percent of Dish and and 46 percent of EchoStar shares. I holds 78 percent of Dish's and and 72 percent of EchoStar's total voting power.