Amos Hostetter Jr.

Amos Barr Hostetter Jr. (born January 12, 1937) is an American businessman, who was the founder, chairman, and CEO of Continental Cablevision. With an estimated current net worth of around $3.5 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 538th richest person in the world as of 2020. He has also served as the chairman of C-SPAN.

Early life and education

Hostetter is the son of the late Amos Hostetter, a prominent trader at Commodities Corporation and Hayden Stone. He attended the Pingry School for his secondary education and graduated in the Class of 1954. After graduating from Amherst College in 1958 with a B.A. in Economics, he obtained a M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1961.

Career

In 1963, Hostetter and his college roommate and fraternity brother, H. Irving Grousbeck, founded Continental Cablevision in Fostoria, Ohio and Tiffin, Ohio. At the time of the company's sale in 1996 to US West, it was the largest privately owned cable company.

Hostetter is currently chairman of Pilot House Associates, LLC.

In 1999, Amos and his wife, Barbara Walsh founded the Barr Foundation which has given out over $710 million in the 21 years since. In 2016, the foundation had assets totaling $1.6 billion and focuses its philanthropy in the Boston region.

Personal life

In 1982, Hostetter married Barbara Lynn Walsh of Lakeville, Connecticut. They have three children: Caroline, Elizabeth, and Tripp.

In 2003, Hostetter purchased the historic Second Harrison Gray Otis House on Mount Vernon Street in Boston for an estimated $12 million.

He is a Life Trustee at Amherst College, his alma mater. Barbara and Amos founded the Barr Foundation in Boston and remain trustees. The $1.6 billion foundation, one of the state's largest philanthropies, makes grants for the arts, education, and climate change. Hostetter donated to the Lincoln Project, a Republican-led super PAC.

References

External links

• Forbes profile
• Amherst College profile
• Harvard Business School profile
• Appearances on C-SPAN

1. H. Irving Grousbeck
2. Hostetter
3. Sankaty Head Golf Club
4. The Lincoln Project
5. WGBH Educational Foundation
6. Women's United Soccer Association
7. Pingry School
8. YES Network
9. List of Amherst College people
10. Boston Breakers (WUSA)
11. Dave Fellows
12. Commodities Corporation
13. MediaOne
14. Hayden, Stone & Co.
15. Amos Myers
16. List of American films of 1991
17. United States congressional delegations from Pennsylvania
18. Amos Slaymaker
19. List of American films of 1998
20. Amos Gustine