Editing Charlie Ergen (section)

{{short description|American businessman}}
{{distinguish|Charlie Engen}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Charlie Ergen
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| caption            = Charles Ergen collage
| birth_name         = Charles William Ergen
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1953|3|1|mf=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Oak Ridge, Tennessee]], US
| alma_mater         = [[University of Tennessee]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/> [[Wake Forest University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| occupation         = Businessman
| title              = Chairman of [[Dish Network]] and [[EchoStar Corporation]]<ref name=steps>{{cite web |title=Dish co-founder Ergen steps down from CEO role to focus on wireless |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dish-network-ceo/dish-network-ceo-charlie-ergen-steps-down-to-focus-on-wireless-idUSKBN1DZ1ZX |website=Reuters |language=en |date=5 December 2017}}</ref> 
| term               = 1998-
| known_for          = Co-founder, Dish Network
| spouse             = Candy Ergen
| children           = 5
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| website            = 
}}

'''Charles William Ergen''' (born March 1, 1953) is an American billionaire businessman and the is co-founder and chairman of [[Dish Network]] and [[EchoStar]]. He was CEO of Dish Network until May 2011, when he was succeeded by [[Joe Clayton|Joseph Clayton]]. Ergen resumed the role in March 2015 after Clayton's retirement, until December 2017, when Erik Carlson, then president and COO, was promoted to CEO.<ref name=steps/> Ergen remains chairman of the company.<ref name="Reuters17">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dish-network-ceo/dish-network-ceo-charlie-ergen-steps-down-to-focus-on-wireless-idUSKBN1DZ1ZX |title=Dish co-founder Ergen steps down from CEO role to focus on wireless |date=December 5, 2017 |access-date=March 10, 2020 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> Ergen owns 48 percent of Dish<ref name=echo/>{{rp|6}} and 46 percent of Echostar shares,<ref name=echo/>{{rp|8}} which gives him 78 percentage of Dish's<ref name=echo/>{{rp|6}} and 72 percent of EchoStar's<ref name=echo>{{cite web|title=Schedule 14A|url=http://ir.echostar.com/node/14741/html|website=SEC|access-date=29 May 2018|date=20 March 2018}}</ref>{{rp|8}} total voting power.