Solomon Trujillo

Solomon Dennis "Sol" Trujillo (born November 17, 1951) is an American businessman. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications company. He was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Mexican immigrants. Trujillo has a Bachelor of Business degree (BBus) and an MBA from the University of Wyoming. He began his business career in 1975 as a business forecaster for Mountain Bell. He worked as President, chairman and CEO ... more

Solomon Dennis "Sol" Trujillo (born November 17, 1951) is an American businessman. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications company. He was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Mexican immigrants. Trujillo has a Bachelor of Business degree (BBus) and an MBA from the University of Wyoming. He began his business career in 1975 as a business forecaster for Mountain Bell. He worked as President, chairman and CEO of U S WEST Communications, Inc. from 1995 to 2000. In November 2000, he became chairman and CEO of Graviton, remaining until that startup closed. In 2003, he became CEO of Orange SA, a company on which he had been a board member since 2001. He held that position until March 2004. He was appointed Telstra's Chief Executive Officer on July 1, 2005. During the period of Trujillo's tenure, Telstra's share price underperformed the market by around twenty percent, losing over $25 billion in value while customer complaints rose 300 percent. Major... less