Internationally Renowned Media Executive and Technology Innovator Richard Li to Address...

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Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:46pm EST

Internationally Renowned Media Executive and Technology Innovator Richard Li
to Address Students at Menlo College 2008 Commencement Exercises

ATHERTON, Calif., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One of the world's most
successful and visionary technology and communications executives, Richard Li,
will deliver the keynote address at Menlo College's commencement exercises on
Saturday, May 10, at 11 a.m. Li will be talking to newly minted graduates of
the four-year college known for its business focus, most of whom look forward
to careers as executives and entrepreneurs in industry and technology. The
commencement ceremony will be held on the College's Atherton, Calif., campus,
and the public is invited to attend. 

The chairman of PCCW Limited, the largest provider of communications services
in Hong Kong and one of the Far East's leading innovators in information and
communications technologies, Li was instrumental in launching the world's
first IPTV service. In four years that business, now TV, quickly overtook the
local pay TV monopoly provider and has become the leading pay TV operator in
Hong Kong. Li broke into the communications and technology sectors in 1990,
when he founded STAR TV, Asia's first satellite broadcasting service. By 1993,
STAR was broadcasting to 45 million viewers in 11.3 million homes, across 38
countries. He sold the company to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in 1995. 

"Richard Li is not only a highly motivating speaker," observed Menlo College
President Dr. G. Timothy Haight, "but he is also one of the world's most
significant and inspirational business leaders. I can't think of anyone more
appropriate to speak to our students about current issues in technology,
communications and entrepreneurship." 

In addition to overseeing PCCW, Li is a member of the Center for Strategic and
International Studies' International Counselors Group and the Global
Information Infrastructure Commission. 

Established in 1927, Menlo College is celebrating more than 80 years of
innovation in education. A private, four-year college in the heart of the
Silicon Valley, Menlo offers outstanding academic programs in
entrepreneurship, business and management that prepare students to become this
nation's leaders in industry and technology. With approximately 700 full-time
students from across the nation and the world, as well as a faculty devoted to
undergraduate teaching and advising, Menlo provides an exceptional educational
experience. Fully one-third of our graduates go on to achieve leading roles in
business and industry. Ten percent are corporate presidents, chief executive
officers and high-ranking managers in their fields. Menlo College is located
at 1000 El Camino Real in Atherton, Calif.

To obtain more information about Menlo's graduation exercises, call (650)
543-3901 or email dblake@menlo.edu.  Menlo College is at 1000 El Camino Real
in Atherton, Calif. 

Contact:
Darcy Blake
Director of Development, Menlo College
(650) 543-3901 or dblake@menlo.edu


SOURCE  Menlo College

Darcy Blake, Director of Development of Menlo College, +1-650-543-3901,
dblake@menlo.edu
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