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The below article copied verbatim from Wikipedia, except for removal of unused tags and redlinks. {{Infobox Person | name = Sol Trujillo | image = Solomon_Trujillo.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = | birth_name = Solomon Dennis Trujillo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|11|17}} | birth_place = [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]], [[Wyoming]] | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|MEX}} | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = [[Telstra]] | occupation = [[Chief Executive Officer]] | title = | salary = [[Australian dollar|AU]] $3 million + bonuses<ref>{{cite news | first = Matt | last = O'Sullivan | title = Trujillo's platinum US egg revealed | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/trujillos-platinum-us-egg-revealed/2006/08/04/1154198327893.html | publisher = [[Fairfax Media]] | work = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date = 2006-08-05 | accessdate = 2008-06-04 }}</ref> | networth = | height = | weight = | term = | predecessor = [[Ziggy Switkowski]] | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Solomon Dennis "Sol" Trujillo''' (born [[November 17]], [[1951]] in [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]], [[Wyoming]]) is an American businessman.<ref>{{cite web | title = Future in Review Participants: Solomon Trujillo | url = http://www.futureinreview.com/participants.php?galleryid=3487 | work = Future in Review | publisher = Strategic News Service | accessdate = 2008-06-04 }}</ref> He is the [[Chief executive officer|Chief Executive Officer]] of [[Telstra]], [[Australia]]'s major [[telecommunication]]s company. ==Career== Trujillo holds a Bachelor of Business degree and an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the [[University of Wyoming]]. He began his business career as a business forecaster for [[Mountain Bell]] in 1975. He worked as President, chairman and CEO of [[U S WEST|U S WEST Communications, Inc.]] from 1995 to 2000. He served as chairman and CEO of Graviton before its closure. His next position was as CEO of [[Orange SA]] in 2003, a company on which he had been a board member since 2001.<ref>SOL TRUJILLO steps down at ORANGE after successful completion of restructuring plan; SANJIV AHUJA appointed new CEO [http://web.archive.org/web/20040413121024/http://www.francetelecom.com/en/financials/journalists/press_releases/CP_old/cp040330-3.html at archive of press release]</ref> He held that position until Orange was acquired by France Telecom. He was appointed [[Telstra]]'s [[Chief executive officer|Chief Executive Officer]] on July 1, 2005.<ref>{{cite news | author = [[Australian Associated Press|AAP]] | title = Trujillo named as new Telstra CEO | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Trujillo-named-as-new-Telstra-CEO/2005/06/09/1118123941944.html | work = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date = 2005-06-09 | publisher = [[Fairfax Media]] | accessdate = 2008-06-04 }}</ref> ==Controversies== {{POV-section|date=June 2008}} {{criticism-section}} *Trujillo on Wikipedia Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a New York based law firm threatened Wikimedia with legal action for an anonymous edit of the the Solomon Trujillo page on Wikipedia.<ref>http://www.chillingeffects.org/defamation/notice.cgi?NoticeID=18099</ref> In particular, the letter demanded that Wikipedia "remove the above language from the article, including all of its history pages, and to permanently block [119.11.111.17] from editing the page". The letter has been posted on [[Chilling Effects]] and according to Chilling Effects, under 47 U.S.C. sec. 230(c)(1) Wikipedia can not be held liable for any such posts by its users.<ref>http://www.chillingeffects.org/defamation/notice.cgi?NoticeID=18099</ref> * He categorized the regions that [[US West]] serves into [[gold]], [[silver]] or [[bronze]] and took up to 100 days to service and repair phone connections in the [[bronze]] areas only because they were legally required to after 100 days. <ref>[http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/sep2005/tels-s06.shtml Telstra sale—a political minefield for the Australian government<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <ref>[http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=transcript&dte=2006-09-20&headlineid=1184 Special Broadcasting Service :: Dateline - presented by George Negus<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * He resigned as CEO of [[US West|U S WEST, Inc.]] just before the company became the subject of a federal criminal probe for overstating nearly a billion dollars in profits.<ref>[http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/contributorsandpaybacks/pioneer_profile.cfm?pioneer_ID=14 WhiteHouseForSale.org | Home Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was not charged by the justice department and has denied any knowledge of accounting irregularities. * Mr Trujillo is Australia's least admired chief executive, according to a business analysts survey by the respected Australian business magazine [[Business Review Weekly]]. He has presided over a multi-billion dollar drop in the value of Telstra. Famously, he stated that he was 'proud' of having contributed to the decline in its value.<ref>[http://www.finance.news.com.au/story/0,10166,19635284-462,00.html]</ref> * Mr Trujillo has received $1.5 million bonus for delivering a transformation plan for Telstra. He has hired management consultants Bain and spent $54 million on their services to do much of the work.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20488916-601,00.html Trujillo spends big on report to get bonus | The Australian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * In 2007 the Telstra Board lead by Mr Trujillo asked shareholders to approve a bonus package for management which would effectively give Mr Trujillo a A$20 million dollar bonus. Over 66% of shareholders voted against the bonus. Despite the opposition of shareholders Mr Trujillo said the board was "disappointed" with the result of the vote and would still issue the bonuses regardless of the wishes of shareholders.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22718353-601,00.html Telstra ignores shareholders over pay | The Australian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== *[http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/investor/docs/sol_trujillo_bio.pdf Telstra biography] *[http://www.orange.com/Textonly/aboutorange/e_trujillo.asp?UID=&bhcp=1 Orange SA biography] *[http://www.futureinreview.com/participants.php?galleryid=3487 Future in Review biography] *[http://www.citizensagainstsellingtelstra.com/resources/2/dissent-trujillo-aug05.html Telstra's new boss] article from Dissent magazine, Aug 2005 *[http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/index.php?page=archive&daysum=2006-09-20 Sol Trujillo on the Line] SBS Dateline, 20 Sep 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Trujillo, Solomon}} [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American businesspeople]] [[Category:Chief executives]] [[Category:Mexican Americans]] {{blpwatch|from=05/2008|reason=anons and POV warriors keep posting libellous accusations; several edits already oversighted}}
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