# William M. Ellinghaus

> William Maurice Ellinghaus was an American business executive who had served as the president and chief operating officer of the American multinational company AT&T. He was the president of the company during its breakup in the 1980s as a settlement to a United States Department of Justice led antitrust case United States v. AT&T. He also served in New York's Emergency Financial Control Board in the 1970s helping the city through a fiscal crisis and preventing a default.

*American business executive*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Executive ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Executives
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1922-04-19
- **Died:** 2022-01-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

William Maurice Ellinghaus was an American business executive who had served as the president and chief operating officer of the American multinational company AT&T. He was the president of the company during its breakup in the 1980s as a settlement to a United States Department of Justice led antitrust case United States v. AT&T. He also served in New York's Emergency Financial Control Board in the 1970s helping the city through a fiscal crisis and preventing a default.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 35.1
- **Momentum:** 15.0

## Sources
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