Terry Jones
Founder of Syncom, Inc., Terry L. Jones graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut with his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. At Trinity, Jones founded the school’s first black student organization. Upon completing college, Jones worked as an electrical engineer for Westinghouse Aerospace and Litton Industries. He later returned to school where he earned his M.S. degree in computer science and biomedical engineering from George Washington University. In 1972, Jones obtained his M.B.A from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and became the co-founder and vice president of Kiambere Savings and Loan in Nairobi, Kenya. During his time in Nairobi Kenya he served as lecturer at the University of Nairobi. In 1977, he returned to the United States to join Syncom Inc. as Vice President.
Over the years Syncom has been responsible for investments made in companies such as Black Entertainment Television (BET), Radio One, TV One, Buenavision Inc. and the District Cable Incorporated. In 1990, Jones became the President of Syndicated Communications, Inc. and Syncom Capital Corporation. He has served as Vice Chairman and Executive Officer of Citi Group Global Investment Management and Citi Group Asset Management. In 1993, he was the Vice President of Finance and Planning Chief Financial Officer of TIAA-CREF. Since then he has worked as Vice Chairman and Executive Officer at Citi Group Global Investment Management and Citi Group Asset Management. He has also worked as the director of Cyber Digital Inc., Iridium Communications and Fox Entertainment Group.
Jones has served as a member of the board of Directors for a number of Syncom Portfolio companies and other corporations such as Weather Decisions Inc., V-me Media, Delta Capital Corporation and the Southern African Enterprise Development Fund. He has also served on the board of directors for Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Phillip Morris Companies, Inc. and the Howard University Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation Institute. He has joined the board of trustees for Cornell University and Spelman College. He is the recipient of the New America Alliance Award of Excellence.
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Business chief executive Terry Jones (1947 - ) Founder, Terry Jones has invested in the development of industry-leading companies, such as BET, Radio One, and Iridium Satellite.
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Tape: 1 Story: 4 - Terry Jones describes his mother's childhood in Hiawatha, Kansas
Tape: 1 Story: 5 - Terry Jones talks about his paternal family history, pt. 1
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Tape: 1 Story: 7 - Terry Jones describes race relations in Kansas versus race relations in Missouri
Tape: 1 Story: 8 - Terry Jones describes his father's childhood
Tape: 1 Story: 9 - Terry Jones describes how his parents met
Tape: 1 Story: 10 - Terry Jones describes his parent's personalities and considers which parent he takes after the most
Tape: 2 Story: 1 - Terry Jones lists his siblings
Tape: 2 Story: 2 - Terry Jones describes his earliest childhood memories in Hiawatha, Kansas
Tape: 2 Story: 3 - Terry Jones explains his family's migration to Omaha, Nebraska and back into Hiawatha, Kansas, pt. 1
Tape: 2 Story: 4 - Terry Jones describes the sights, sounds, and smells of Hiawatha, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri
Tape: 2 Story: 5 - Terry Jones describes his childhood community in Hiawatha, Kansas
Tape: 2 Story: 6 - Terry Jones describes his experience in Hiawatha Elementary School in Hiawatha, Kansas
Tape: 2 Story: 7 - Terry Jones talks about the impact of the Supreme Court's 1954 ruling in Brown v. the Board of Education on Kansas City schools
Tape: 2 Story: 8 - Terry Jones explains his family's migration to Omaha, Nebraska and back into Hiawatha, Kansas, pt. 2
Tape: 2 Story: 9 - Terry Jones talks about developing an early interest in engineering
Tape: 2 Story: 10 - Terry Jones talks about playing the clarinet
Tape: 2 Story: 11 - Terry Jones explains why he chose to be an engineer
Tape: 2 Story: 12 - Terry Jones describes his extracurricular activities at Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri
Tape: 3 Story: 1 - Terry Jones describes his childhood mentors
Tape: 3 Story: 2 - Terry Jones talks about influential teachers at Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri, including Dr. Jeremiah Cameron
Tape: 3 Story: 3 - Terry Jones describes his summer jobs growing up
Tape: 3 Story: 4 - Terry Jones talks about the African American business community in Kansas City, Missouri
Tape: 3 Story: 5 - Terry Jones explains what inspired him to become an engineer
Tape: 3 Story: 6 - Terry Jones talks about the Civil Rights Movement
Tape: 3 Story: 7 - Terry Jones talks about applying to college
Tape: 3 Story: 8 - Terry Jones talks about East Coast elite academic culture
Tape: 3 Story: 9 - Terry Jones describes his experience as an undergraduate student at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, pt. 1
Tape: 4 Story: 1 - Terry Jones describes his experience as an undergraduate student at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, pt. 2
Tape: 4 Story: 2 - Terry Jones talks about the Trinity College black student organization, the Trinity Coalition of Blacks (T.C.B.)
Tape: 4 Story: 3 - Terry Jones talks about his involvement in campus protests at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, pt. 1
Tape: 4 Story: 4 - Terry Jones talks about his involvement in protests at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, pt. 2
Tape: 4 Story: 5 - Terry Jones talks about national political unrest in 1968
Tape: 4 Story: 6 - Terry Jones talks about his post-graduation jobs in engineering
Tape: 4 Story: 7 - Terry Jones talks about applying to Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts
Tape: 5 Story: 1 - Terry Jones talks about the curriculum and faculty at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts
Tape: 5 Story: 2 - Terry Jones talks about the African American Student Union alumni weekends at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts
Tape: 5 Story: 3 - Terry Jones talks about pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities in Kenya after graduating from Harvard Business School
Tape: 5 Story: 4 - Terry Jones describes his experience in Kenya
Tape: 5 Story: 5 - Terry Jones describes meeting his wife, Marcella Jones
Tape: 5 Story: 6 - Terry Jones describes planning a family and long-term goals with his wife
Tape: 5 Story: 7 - Terry Jones talks about his return from Kenya to Washington, D.C.
Tape: 6 Story: 1 - Terry Jones talks about his work with the Booker T. Washington foundation and the Federal Communications Commission tax certificate program for minorities
Tape: 6 Story: 2 - Terry Jones explains venture capitalism
Tape: 6 Story: 3 - Terry Jones talks about venture capital available to African American entrepreneurs
Tape: 6 Story: 4 - Terry Jones explains HistoryMaker Herbert P. Wilkins, Sr.'s departure from the Urban National Corporation
Tape: 6 Story: 5 - Terry Jones talks about the Federal Communications Commission's Minority Tax Certificate Program
Tape: 6 Story: 6 - Terry Jones describes connecting with HistoryMaker Herbert P. Wilkins, Sr. and accepting a job at Syncom Venture Partners
Tape: 6 Story: 7 - Terry Jones explains why he was interested in media entrepreneurship and Syncom Venture Partners
Tape: 6 Story: 8 - Terry Jones talks about Radio One and HistoryMaker Cathy Hughes
Tape: 7 Story: 1 - Terry Jones talks about how he contributed to the success of HistoryMaker Cathy Hughes' station, Radio One
Tape: 7 Story: 2 - Terry Jones talks about investing in BET, Black Entertainment Television
Tape: 7 Story: 3 - Terry Jones talks about investing in Latino and African American telecommunications companies
Tape: 7 Story: 4 - Terry Jones talks about encouraging cities to diversify cable television ownership
Tape: 7 Story: 5 - Terry Jones talks about the success of cable in inner city neighborhoods
Tape: 7 Story: 6 - Terry Jones talks about Syncom Venture Partners' financing of WorldSpace, Inc., pt. 1
Tape: 7 Story: 7 - Terry Jones talks about Syncom Venture Partners' financing of WorldSpace, Inc., pt. 2
Tape: 7 Story: 8 - Terry Jones talks about the sale of WorldSpace, Inc.'s rights to XM satellite radio, pt. 1
Tape: 8 Story: 1 - Terry Jones talks about the sale of WorldSpace, Inc.'s rights to XM satellite radio, pt. 2
Tape: 8 Story: 2 - Terry Jones talks about the economic component of the movement for racial justice
Tape: 8 Story: 3 - Terry Jones talks about the success of black businessmen Robert L. Johnson and Reginald F. Lewis
Tape: 8 Story: 4 - Terry Jones talks about the Glass-Steagall Act
Tape: 8 Story: 5 - Terry Jones talks about the Iridium Satellite Company's technology and flaws in its original business plan
Tape: 8 Story: 6 - Terry Jones talks about the purchase of Iridium Satellite LLC from Motorola
Tape: 8 Story: 7 - Terry Jones describes making Iridium Satellite into a successful company
Tape: 8 Story: 8 - Terry Jones talks about the success of TV One
Tape: 8 Story: 9 - Terry Jones talks about investing in NuvoTV
Tape: 9 Story: 1 - Terry Jones talks about how the internet has affected media and communications
Tape: 9 Story: 2 - Terry Jones describes the impact of the economic crash of 2008 on venture capitalism
Tape: 9 Story: 3 - Terry Jones talks about people of color becoming the majority in the United States population
Tape: 9 Story: 4 - Terry Jones considers the profitability in media platforms for communities of color
Tape: 9 Story: 5 - Terry Jones talks about the low number of minority entrepreneurs financed by Silicon Valley venture capitals
Tape: 9 Story: 6 - Terry Jones talks about the Federal Communications Commission's auctioning off of portions of the broadband spectrum
Tape: 9 Story: 7 - Terry Jones talks about the budget priorities of the federal government
Tape: 9 Story: 8 - Terry Jones describes his hopes and concerns for the African American community
Tape: 9 Story: 9 - Terry Jones reflects upon his legacy
Tape: 10 Story: 1 - Terry Jones talks about his three daughters
Tape: 10 Story: 2 - Terry Jones talks about his volunteer activities
Tape: 10 Story: 3 - Terry Jones considers what he might have done differently
Tape: 10 Story: 4 - Terry Jones talks about his recreational activities
Tape: 10 Story: 5 - Terry Jones describes how he would like to be remembered
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