Cox Com CEO To Retire At End Of Year

Cox Enterprises today announced that Cox Communications Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick J. Esser will retire effective December 31, 2021 after leading the company for 15 years. Esser will be succeeded by Cox Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Mark Greatrex who will be named president.

Pat Esser

During Esser's leadership tenure, Cox has more than doubled its business to become the largest private telecom company in America serving nearly seven million homes and businesses across 18 states. 

He has guided the company's aggressive investment in product and network leadership to support new services and applications for customers. 

He has also sought growth outside the company, with recent investments and acquisitions in telecom infrastructure companies, home health logistics and cloud services.

As Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Mark Greatrex (left) has been responsible for leading the company's residential sales team and marketing activities. Since joining Cox in 2011, Greatrex has transformed the marketing and sales functions to create a highly competitive team that has achieved significant growth in broadband market share. 

Greatrex has also worked to develop the Cox brand to highlight the power of Cox technology to deepen human connections and brought to market innovations such as Gigablast, Contour TV and Panoramic Wifi.