Arunas A. Chesonis | |
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Born | June 14, 1966 |
Education | University of Rochester - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration Honorary Doctorate of Laws 2004 University of Rochester - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration Masters, Business Administration 1991 Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.S., Civil Engineering 1984 |
Occupation | Chief executive officer; President, Director, Chairman of the Board |
Arunas A. Chesonis is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sweetwater Energy, a Rochester, New York renewable energy company. His appointment was announced on December 16, 2011. [1] Chesonis previously served as the Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of PAETEC Corp. since May 1998, when he founded the company. [2] In 2011, Chesonis sold PAETEC to Windstream Communications for $2.3 billion. [3]
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