Lawrence Flinn is a retired media entrepreneur who helped shape the cable and satellite television industries in the U.S. After earning degrees from Yale and Columbia Business School, he began his career at Morgan Stanley before acquiring a small cable company in upstate New York. He expanded it significantly and went on to found United Video Satellite Group (UVSG), a pioneer in satellite distribution that brought WGN-TV and other programming to millions of homes nationwide.

Under Flinn’s leadership, UVSG launched the Prevue Channel (now the TV Guide Channel) and other successful services, growing annual revenues from $7 million to over $1 billion. He sold his cable systems in 1995 and retired in 1998 after divesting from UVSG. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in Jupiter Island, Florida, and have three children.