Joseph Robert Wright, Jr.

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Joseph Robert Wright Jr. (born 1938) was a U.S. businessman. He served as director of Office of Management and Budget between 1988 and 1989.

Joseph R. Wright, Jr. is President and CEO of PanAmSat, Corp., one of the world’s largest providers of global satellite-based communications services; servicing news organizations, telecommunication companies, DirecTV services, Internet networks and others around the globe. Prior to joining PanAmSat in 2001, he was Vice Chairman of Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a public company that develops and operates Network Access Point (NAP) centers, such as the NAP of the Americas in Miami and the NAP of Brazil in Sao Paulo. Mr. Wright was also Chairman and Director of GRC International, Inc., a public company providing advanced IT, Internet, and software technologies to government and commercial customers, which was sold to AT&T in 2000. And he was Co-Chairman and Director of Baker & Taylor Holdings, Inc., an international book/video/software distribution and e-commerce company that was majority owned by the Carlyle Group. Prior to entering the e-commerce and telecommunications world, Mr. Wright was Vice Chairman, EVP and Director of W. R. Grace & Company, Chairman of Grace Energy Company, and President of Grace Environmental Company from 1989 to 1994. Previous to Grace, he was Deputy Director then Director of the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under President Reagan, serving in the Cabinet and the Executive Office of the President from 1982 to 1989. He was one of a few individuals who received the Distinguished Citizens Award from the President. He was also Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce, from 1981 to 1982 and was later on the President’s Export Council as Chairman of the Export Control Subcommittee. Prior to the 1980’s, Mr. Wright was President of Citicorp Retail Services and Retail Consumer Services, credit card subsidiaries of Citibank, following positions in the Federal Departments of Agriculture and Commerce, including acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs responsible for developing the GDP and other economic reports.

He began his career at Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc. where he became one of the youngest Partners and the Division Head of the Growth Services consulting business after receiving an MIA from Yale University and a BS from Colorado School of Mines. In addition to the Boards mentioned above, Mr. Wright also currently serves on the Board of Advisors of AT&T Government Markets, a subsidiary of AT&T servicing Federal and State government customers; Titan Corporation, a public company that provides global technology services to governments and develops technology-based private-sector businesses; and Terremark Worldwide Inc. Mr. Wright is a former member of the Boards of Directors of Travelers Group, Harcourt Brace Janovich, and Hampton University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Council for Excellence in Government, Chief Executives Organization, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, President Bush's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), the Federal Communications Commission’s Network Reliability and Interoperability Council and the New York Economic Club. He lives with his wife, Ellen, in New York City.

Educational Background Mr. Wright received a Masters Degree in Industrial Administration from Yale University and a Professional Engineering Degree from the Colorado School of Mines.

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