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HOUSTON, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Crown Castle Inc.\u00a0(NYSE: CCI) (“Crown Castle”) announced today the appointment of Sunit Patel to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective April 1, 2025. Mr. Patel will be leaving his position on Crown Castle\u2019s Board of Directors, effective March 17, 2025.<\/p>\n

“We look forward to welcoming Sunit Patel to the Crown Castle team,\u201d said\u00a0Steven Moskowitz,\u00a0Crown Castle’s Chief Executive Officer. “Sunit brings unique, extensive telecommunications industry insight and more than 30 years of experience in senior finance roles across telecommunications, energy, and technology. He is exceptionally well-suited to help lead Crown Castle as we complete our recently announced divestiture and set course as the only pure-play, publicly traded US tower company.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n About\u00a0Sunit Patel<\/strong>
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Mr. Patel served on the Crown Castle Board of Directors from January 2024 to March 2025. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer of\u00a0Ibotta Inc., a North American cashback rewards and mobile technology platform.\u00a0Mr. Patel\u00a0has more than 25 years of executive leadership, including 15 years as a public telecommunications company CFO. In 2000,\u00a0Mr. Patel\u00a0co-founded\u00a0Looking Glass Networks Inc., a facilities-based provider of metropolitan telecommunication transport services and served as its CFO until 2003. From 2003 to 2018,\u00a0Mr. Patel\u00a0served as EVP and CFO of CenturyLink, now Lumen, a role he held for over 14 years at Level 3 prior to its 2017 merger with CenturyLink. From 2018 to 2020,\u00a0Mr. Patel\u00a0served as EVP, Merger and Integration at T-Mobile, where he led T-Mobile’s strategic planning efforts to integrate its business with Sprint following the companies’\u00a0$26.5 billion\u00a0merger.<\/p>\n

Mr. Patel holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering and Economics from Rice University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.<\/p>\n

\n CAUTIONARY LANGUAGE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS<\/strong>
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This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on Crown Castle management’s current expectations. Such statements include plans, projections and estimates regarding (1) the appointment of Mr. Patel, including the effective date thereof, and his expected contributions to Crown Castle, and (2) the recently announced divestiture of Crown Castle\u2019s Fiber business, including the completion and timing thereof. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those expected.\u00a0More information about potential risk factors that could affect Crown Castle and its results is included in Crown Castle’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The term “including,” and any variation thereof, means “including, without limitation.”<\/p>\n

\n ABOUT\u00a0CROWN CASTLE<\/strong>
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Crown Castle\u00a0owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and approximately 90,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major U.S. market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology and wireless service – bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them. For more information on\u00a0Crown Castle,\u00a0please visit\u00a0www.crowncastle.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

CONTACTS
Dan Schlanger, CFO
Kris Hinson, VP & Treasurer
Crown Castle Inc.
713-570-3050<\/p>\n

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HOUSTON, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Crown Castle Inc.\u00a0(NYSE: CCI) (“Crown Castle”) announced today the appointment of Sunit Patel to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective April 1, 2025. Mr. Patel will be leaving his position on Crown Castle\u2019s Board of Directors, effective March 17, 2025. “We look forward to welcoming Sunit Patel to the Crown Castle team,\u201d said\u00a0Steven Moskowitz,\u00a0Crown Castle’s Chief Executive Officer. “Sunit brings unique, extensive telecommunications industry insight and more than 30 years of experience in senior finance roles across telecommunications, energy, and technology. He is exceptionally well-suited to help lead Crown Castle as we complete our recently announced divestiture and set course as the only pure-play, publicly traded US … <\/p>\n

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