L Lowry Mays

L. Lowry Mays is the founder of Clear Channel and currently serves as Chairman of the Board. Prior to October of 2004, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel and has been a director for the relevant five year period. Mr. Lowry Mays is a director of our publicly traded subsidiary, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. Mr. Lowry Mays is the father of Mark P. Mays and Randall T. Mays, who serve as the Chief Executive Officer, and the President and Chief Financial Officer of Clear Channel, respectively. Mr. Lowry Mays also serves as a director of Live Nation, Inc. Lester Lowry Mays was born in Houston on July 24, 1935, and grew up in Dallas. Mays received a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University in 1957. He received a master of business administration degree from Harvard in 1962 . He established the Mays Family Foundation and was a prolific philanthropist, giving a total of $47 million to Texas A&M. His wife of 61 years, the former Peggy Pitman, died in 2020. Besides his four children, survivors include 16 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.