Mike Fries

Mike Fries is Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Liberty Global, an international television and broadband company. He was a founding member of the management team that launched the Company’s international expansion.

In 2017, Fries was appointed Executive Chairman of Liberty Latin America. He serves on the corporate boards of Grupo Televisa and Lionsgate Entertainment. Additionally, he serves as trustee for CableLabs, The Cable Center, and The Paley Center for Media, and is the Digital Communications Governor and Steering Committee Member of the World Economic Forum.

Fries is a member of the Board of Trustees of Wesleyan University, and in 2017, the Fries Center for Global Studies was dedicated in recognition of his generosity to the school. He is also on the Board of Overseers for Columbia Business School. Fries and his wife, Michelle Fries, are trustees and lead donors to the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and are also involved in organizations including the Denver Film Society, the Colorado Symphony, Biennial of the Americas, ACE Scholarships, and Denver School of Science and Technology.

Fries started his career as an investment banker. In 1990 he became the fifth employee of United International Holdings which later became UnitedGlobalCom Inc. He eventually served as President and CEO of UnitedGlobalCom from 2004 until it merged with Liberty Media International in 2005, forming Liberty Global. Upon the merger, Fries was appointed President and CEO of Liberty Global in June 2005 and serves as a member of its two-person Executive Committee along with John C. Malone.