• BOUGHT FIRST RADIO STATION
• BOUGHT FIRST TELEVISION STATION
• INVESTED IN BILLBOARDS
• HAD BRAIN SURGERY
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Chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Clear Channel Communications

Nationality: American.

Born: July 24, 1935, in Houston, Texas.

Education: Texas A&M University, BS, 1959; Harvard University, MBA, 1962.

Family: Son of Lester T. and Virginia (Lowry) Mays; married Peggy Pitman, July 29, 1959; children: four.

Career: Russ & Company, c. 1962–c. 1970, investment banker; Mays – Company, c. 1970–1974, investment banker; Clear Channel Communications, 1975–, president, chief executive officer, chairman of...