American Tower Names Steven O. Vondran to Succeed Thomas A. Bartlett as President and CEO

American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) announced today that Tom Bartlett will retire from his positions as President, Chief Executive Officer and director of the Board of Directors, effective February 1, 2024. The Company’s Board of Directors, having undertaken a deliberate and thorough succession planning process over the last several years, has named Steve Vondran to succeed Mr. Bartlett as President and Chief Executive Officer, at which time Mr. Vondran will also be appointed as a director of the Board. To facilitate the transition, the Board also appointed Mr. Vondran to the role of Executive Vice President, Global Chief Operating Officer for the interim period, effective November 1, 2023 until February 1, 2024.

Mr. Vondran has served as American Tower’s Executive Vice President and President, U.S. Tower Division, which includes the U.S. data center business, since August 2018, and has held various leadership positions since joining the Company in 2000, including Senior Vice President, General Counsel for the U.S. Tower Division, from 2010 to 2018. During Mr. Vondran’s tenure and leadership, American Tower’s U.S. and Canada business has grown to be a market leader, with a portfolio of nearly 43,000 sites and a highly interconnected data center platform across 10 U.S. markets. As of the year-ended 2022, the U.S. and Canada business, inclusive of data centers, generated nearly $5.8 billion in property revenue, an increase of approximately 270% since 2010.

Eugene (“Bud”) Noel, the Company’s current Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Tower Division, will become the new Executive Vice President and President, U.S. Tower Division, effective November 1, 2023. Mr. Noel has been with the Company since 2011, and has over 25 years of experience in wireless real estate development and operations, including leadership positions held at Sprint Nextel and LightSquared, prior to joining American Tower.