Obama Names Former Lobbyist Wheeler U.S. FCC Chairman
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President Barack Obama named Tom Wheeler, a venture capitalist and former leader of cable and wireless trade groups, to head the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, where he may focus on nurturing mobile technology.
Wheeler, 67, managing director at Core Capital Partners LP in Washington, succeeds Chairman Julius Genachowski, a Democrat who has pushed to expand access to high-speed Internet service.