T-Mobile Promotes Mike Sievert to Replace John Legere as CEO

Leadership shift comes amid legal challenge to Sprint merger

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T-Mobile announced this morning that John Legere will be stepping down next year as CEO when his contract ends at the end of April.

Current T-Mobile president and chief operating officer Mike Sievert will take over starting May 1, 2020. Legere will remain a member of the telecom company’s board of directors.

Legere joined T-Mobile in 2012, overseeing the company as it surpassed Sprint to become the third-largest carrier in the country. During his tenure, Legere has gained a reputation for making waves in the wireless industry in a customer-focused campaign to create an “un-carrier” and to “end

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