Trygve E. Myhren

Trygve E. Myhren
President, Myhren Media, Inc.

Trygve “Tryg” Myhren is known for his pioneering work in the cable and broader media industries, with executive positions spanning more than three decades in operations, programming, public policy, advertising and marketing. Myhren has been inducted into both the National Cable Television Hall of Fame and the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame. He is currently president of Myhren Media, a Denver-based private investment firm concentrating in media and telecommunications.

Prior to founding Myhren Media in 1998, Myhren was chair/CEO of American Television & Communications Corporation (ATC, now Charter Communications), the world’s second-largest cable TV company, from 1980-1988. During that time, Myhren was a member of the Time Inc. Operating Committee and served on several internal boards – Time Magazine Group, Home Box Office and Temple Eastex.

In 1990, Myhren became President of the Providence Journal Company, a comprehensive multi-media firm. In his six years of leadership, the company’s cable subscriber base more than tripled, its broadcast station count increased from four to 14 and corporate valuation tripled. In 1994, The Providence Journal-Bulletin, a publication of the Providence Journal Company, received the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Newspaper Reporting.

Myhren also helped lead the effort to pass the 1984 Communications Act, revolutionizing the cable advertising market and customer service, and founded or co-founded six cable television networks, including the Food Network, E! Entertainment and Northwest Cable News. He co-founded several influential industry organizations including the Cable Advertising Bureau, Cable Labs and the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM). From 1986-1987 he acted as chairman of the National Cable Television Association.

In 1995, Myhren co-founded the non-profit SkiTAM (now Adaptive Spirit) to support the U.S. Paralympic Ski and Snowboard Teams. He was subsequently named the U.S.A. Chef de Mission for the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Torino.

In 1990, former Colorado Governor Roy Romer appointed Myhren to a small committee that helped bring Major League Baseball to the state, leading to the Colorado Rockies franchise.

Myhren is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Cable Television Association Distinguished Vanguard Leadership Award, the CTAM One of a Kind Award, the National Jewish Hospital Humanitarian Award, American Jewish Committee Lifetime Achievement Award and the Josef Korbel School of International Studies Humanitarian Award.

Myhren has served on the University of Denver’s Board of Trustees for over 23 years and was named chairman emeritus in 2014. He also serves on the boards for The Denver Art Museum, No Excuses, Spruceview Capital Partners, The Cable Center Honorary Board of Directors and The Social Science Foundation at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies.

Myhren’s board positions have included Turner Broadcasting (now AT&T), Continental Cablevision (now Comcast), The Cable Center, Verio (now NTT), J.D. Edwards (now Oracle), AdPay (now Ancestry.com), Citizen’s Bank (now Royal Bank of Scotland), Dreyfers Founders Funds, PeaPod (now Ahold), National Jewish Medical Center, Rhode Island Hospital and Lifespan.

A graduate of Dartmouth College, Myhren holds a B.A. in philosophy and political science and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck Graduate School. After completing his M.B.A., he served as a naval officer with the U.S. Pacific Fleet.