Crown Castle names Christian Hillabrant as new CEO

Crown Castle Inc. (NYSE: CCI) announced that its board of directors has appointed Christian Hillabrant as president and chief executive officer, effective September 15, 2025. Hillabrant is expected to join the company's board at that time.

Hillabrant brings over 30 years of experience in digital infrastructure and telecommunications companies. He previously held senior management positions at T-Mobile, Ericsson AB, and Samsung. He later served as chief operating officer of Tillman Infrastructure and most recently as CEO and chairman of the management board at Vantage Towers AG, which manages over 86,000 communication sites across 10 countries.

Dan Schlanger will continue as interim president and CEO until Hillabrant joins the company. The board expects to appoint Schlanger as executive vice president and chief transformation officer on Hillabrant's start date. In this role, Schlanger will oversee completion of the company's sale of its small cells and fiber solutions businesses, expected to close in the first half of 2026.

P. Robert Bartolo, chair of Crown Castle's board of directors, said the appointment concludes a search process conducted by the board and CEO search committee. "Chris is a respected global telecommunications leader with a strong track record of driving performance," Bartolo stated.

Hillabrant said he is "fully aligned with the long-term strategy and capital allocation framework laid out in March" and looks forward to leading Crown Castle as a "focused, pure-play U.S. tower company."

Crown Castle owns, operates and leases approximately 40,000 cell towers and approximately 90,000 route miles of fiber across major U.S. markets.

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