The future of TV in Strong hands

There’s nothing like kicking a football to learn how to play the corporate game. Soccer was Dana Strong’s passion in her teenage years and provided her first introduction to being a team player.

“I played a lot of it all through college,” says the chief executive of TV and telecom company UPC. “I was one of the founding members of the women’s soccer team and I played in defence. I was a sweeper so, even then, I liked to be in control.”

She is only half-joking.