Post-government Appointments
After leaving government, Dr. Whitehead was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University and MIT.
Whitehead joined Hughes Aircraft and started the Hughes Communications subsidiary that launched the Galaxy satellite system, one of the first geostationary satellites. The Galaxy business became the model for satellite television distribution and broadcasting around the world.
Whitehead left Hughes in 1983 and founded Société Européenne des Satellites (SES S.A.), the first private satellite business in Europe, which was based in Luxembourg. SES replaced government-run television and grew tremendously to become one of the continent’s most profitable satellite systems.
In 2005, Whitehead was a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Communications Policy at George Mason University School of Law in Virginia.
During this time, he was also president of Clay Whitehead Associates, an international business development company working primarily in the telecom and television industries.
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