BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : DECEMBER 13, 1999 ISSUE
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INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS

A New Net Tycoon


Mark Schneider

AGE
44

EDUCATION
University of Denver

EARLY CAREER
A Washington lawyer, worked with his dad in U.S. cable-TV ventures

KEY MOVE
Founded United Pan-Europe Communications in Amsterdam in 1995 and made a series of acquisitions to create Europe's largest cross-border cable-TV company

GOALS
Use the cable network to sell phone, TV, and Internet access

MISSING PIECE
Germany, where he would like to acquire a big chunk of Deutsche Telekom's cable business


DATA: BUSINESS WEEK


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