Larry Babbio

Biography

Larry is a former vice chairman and president of Verizon, who had responsibility for the Verizon Telecom. He was also a member of the board of directors of Verizon Wireless. Since 2007, Babbio has been a senior advisor to Warburg Pincus, a private equity firm. Prior to the Bell Atlantic/GTE merger, Larry was President and Chief Operating Officer for Bell Atlantic. He shared oversight of, and responsibility for, all of the corporation’s business operations, restructuring of the business units, the GTE merger process, and developing new growth opportunities. Larry also served as chairman of the company’s Global Wireless Group, one of the largest wireless operations worldwide. He was the lead executive in charge of developing Bell Atlantic’s domestic and international wireless communications strategy. Under his leadership, Bell Atlantic substantially increased the size and scope of its domestic and international wireless holdings.

Research Interest

Medical Devices