children religion networth nationality name parents birth_date known_for spouse article_title birth_name occupation
five episcopalian us united states charlie ergen viola siebenthal ergen william krasny ergen 1953 co-founder of satellite provider dish network cantey mcadam charlie ergen
 charles william ergen chairman of dish network
charlie ergen

charles william `` charlie '' ergen -lrb- born march 1 , 1953 -rrb- is an american businessman and is the co-founder and current chairman of the board , and former president and ceo of dish network and echostar communications corporation .
he stepped down as ceo in may 2011 .
he remains chairman of the board of both companies .
ergen owns 52 percent of dish and echostar shares and holds 88 percent of its total voting power .
