Jessica FischerChief Financial Officer
About Charter’s CFO
As Chief Financial Officer, Jessica Fischer leads Charter Communications’ accounting and finance operations, tax and risk management, investor relations, procurement, equity and capital markets strategy and execution, and M&A and investing activity.
Jessica oversees the Company’s capital allocation strategy that supports key initiatives including network evolution, broadband expansion and execution. Charter’s network evolution initiative will enable symmetrical and multi-gigabit speeds across its footprint by 2027. Simultaneously, Charter’s multi-year Rural Construction Initiative, which is driven by the Company’s private investment of more than $7 billion will add over 1.7 million mostly rural homes and small businesses to the Company’s fiber-powered network.
In 2024, Jessica played a key role in negotiating the definitive agreement between Charter and Liberty Broadband under which Charter has agreed to acquire Liberty Broadband in an all-stock transaction.
Jessica’s Career
Jessica was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2021 after serving as Executive Vice President, Finance. She joined the Company as Corporate Treasurer in 2017.
Before joining Charter, she was a Partner in the National Tax Department at EY, where she advised clients on the tax structuring and implementation of partnership transactions primarily in the media and telecommunications space, including advising Charter on its transactions with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks in 2016.
More About Jessica
Jessica has appeared on the Cablefax Most Powerful Women and Cablefax 100 lists. She was also recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the Youngest Fortune 500 CFOs. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where she earned a B.S. in business administration in accounting and managerial economics, and a Master of Science in business administration with a concentration in accounting.
Articles & Insights
Charter Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results
Charter Communications, Inc. (along with its subsidiaries, the "Company" or "Charter"), which operates the Spectrum brand, reported financial and operating results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024.
Read ArticleCharter to Acquire Liberty Broadband Corporation
Charter Communications, Inc. and Liberty Broadband Corporation announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Charter has agreed to acquire Liberty Broadband in an all-stock transaction.
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