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Joseph R. Wright, Jr. President & Chief Executive Officer PanAmSat Corporation Hughes Electronics Corporation Corporate Communications P.O. Box 956 El Segundo, CA 90245-0956 (310) 964-0716

Biography

Joseph R. Wright, Jr. is president and chief executive officer of PanAmSat Corporation. He is also a member of the Management Committee of Hughes Electronics Corporation, which owns 81 percent of PanAmSat.

Wright directs PanAmSat's global operations, including strategic development, sales, marketing, regulatory affairs and financial issues associated with PanAmSat's global satellite services business. Wright, who became CEO in August 2001, has also been a member of PanAmSat's board of directors since 1997.

Wright was previously vice chairman and director of Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a public company that develops and operates Network Access Points (NAP), such as the NAP of the Americas in Miami. Prior to this, he was chairman, CEO and director of AmTec, Inc., a public company providing telecommunications and Internet services between the United States and the Far East.

Wright served as director of the Federal Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan, serving in the Cabinet and the Executive Office of the President from 1982 to 1989. He was also deputy secretary of the Department of Commerce from 1981 to 1982, and later was on the President's Export Council as chairman of the Export Control Subcommittee. He was one of just a few individuals who received the Distinguished Citizens Award from President Reagan.

Prior to the 1980s, Wright was president of Citicorp Retail Services and Retail Consumer Services, credit-card subsidiaries of Citibank, following positions in the federal departments of agriculture and commerce, including acting assistant secretary for Economic Affairs responsible for developing the GDP and other economic reports. He began his career at Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc. where he became one of the youngest partners, serving as division head of the Growth Services consulting business.

Wright also currently serves on the boards of directors of Titan Corporation, Fusion Telecommunications International, Inc., AT&T Government Markets Division, RealMed, Inc, Verso Technologies, Inc., Bion Environmental Technologies and Barrington Capital.

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Chief Executives Organization and the New York Economic Club. Wright received a Masters Degree in Industrial Administration from Yale University and a Professional Engineering Degree from the Colorado School of Mines.