Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 23, 2012
Michael B. Targoff is Chief Executive Officer and President of Loral Space & Communications, which has its headquarters in New York City. He is also Vice Chairman of Loral's board of directors and serves on the board's executive committee. Mr. Targoff was named CEO in 2006 and became President in January 2008. He originally joined Loral in 1981 and served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel until January 1996, when he was elected President and Chief Operating Officer of the newly formed Loral Space & Communications. He founded Michael B. Targoff & Co. in 1998 and served as Principal until February 2006. The firm invested in telecommunications and related industry early-stage companies. Mr. Targoff is Chairman of the board of CPI International, Inc., a director of ViaSat Inc., and a Director of Leap Wireless International, Inc. He is Chairman of the audit committee of Leap and a Member of the audit committee of CPI International. Mr. Targoff is also Chairman of the board of directors of three small private telecommunications companies. Before joining Loral in 1981, he was a Partner in the New York City law firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. Mr. Targoff attended Brown University, where he received a B.A. in 1966, and he earned a doctor of jurisprudence degree from the Columbia Law School in 1969. He was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. Profile
TWST: Please start by giving our readers an overview and history of Loral.
Mr. Targoff: Loral is a satellite communications company. We have a manufacturing division called Space Systems/Loral, which
