| Founded | October 7, 1983 (as Bell Atlantic) |
| Headquarters | Verizon Building
New York City, New York, United States |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Key People | Ivan Seidenberg
(Chairman)
Lowell McAdam
(President and CEO) |
| Subsidiaries | Cellco Partnership (Verizon Wireless) (55%)
MCI Inc. |
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Holly Hess Groos
Vice President & CFO
Phone: 908-559-5507
Email: holly.hess@verizon.com
Address: One Verizon Way
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920-1097
Suleiman Hessami
Vice President & CFO
Phone: 703-886-2017
Fax: 703-886-0116
Email: suleiman.hessami@verizon.com
Address:
22001 Loudon County Parkway
Ashburn, VA 20147
Virginia Ruesterholz
President
Phone: 908-559-1069
Fax: 908-696-2135
Email: virginia.p.ruesterholz@verizon.com
Tom Tauke
Executive Vice President
Phone: 212-395-1032
Fax: 908-696-2036
Email: thomas.j.tauke@verizon.com
Address: 140 West Street, 29th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Verizon Communications, Inc.
140 West St.
New York, NY 10007
Toll free: 1-800-621-9900
TTY: 1-800-974-6006
www.verizon.com
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