Executive officer

Sunit S. Patel

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer·Crown Castle Inc.

About

Sunit S. Patel was appointed Crown Castle's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 1, 2025, and previously served as a non-employee director of the company from January 2024 to March 2025.

Before joining Crown Castle he was CFO of Ibotta Inc. and earlier served as EVP of Merger and Integration at T-Mobile USA. He was EVP and CFO of CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies), and before that spent more than a decade as CFO of Level 3 Communications, rising from Group VP and CFO to EVP and CFO.

Earlier in his career he co-founded Looking Glass Networks, where he served as CFO until the company was acquired by Level 3 Communications in 2006.

Since 2025
Age 64
Tenure 1 yr

Also at Crown Castle Inc.

PB P. Robert Bartolo Chair of the Board of Directors AG Andrea J. Goldsmith Director CH Christian H. Hillabrant President and Chief Executive Officer; Director TJ Tammy K. Jones Director KK Kevin T. Kabat Director AM Anthony J. Melone Director

Roles

Organization Role Dates Details
Crown Castle Inc. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 2025–present Current role
Ibotta Inc. Chief Financial Officer February 2021–March 2025
T-Mobile USA, Inc. EVP, Merger and Integration October 2018–April 2020
CenturyLink, Inc. (now Lumen Technologies, Inc.) EVP and CFO October 2017–October 2018
Level 3 Communications Inc. EVP and CFO February 2008–October 2017
Level 3 Communications Inc. Group VP and CFO March 2003–February 2008
Looking Glass Networks Inc. Co-founder and CFO
T-Mobile Executive Vice President, Merger and Integration 2018-2020
CenturyLink (now Lumen) / Level 3 Communications Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 2003-2018
Looking Glass Networks Inc. Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer 2000-2003

External roles

Organization Role Dates
BKV Corporation Director

Related

Company Crown Castle Inc. Company hub Person P. Robert Bartolo Chair of the Board of Directors Person Andrea J. Goldsmith Director Person Christian H. Hillabrant President and Chief Executive Officer; Director Person Tammy K. Jones Director Person Kevin T. Kabat Director Person Anthony J. Melone Director Person Katherine Motlagh Director Person Kevin A. Stephens Director Person Matthew Thornton, III Director Person Daniel K. Schlanger Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer; Former Interim President and CEO; Former CFO Person Christopher D. Levendos Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Fiber Person Edward B. Adams, Jr. Executive Vice President and General Counsel Deal Crown Castle At T Towers Lease Operate Rights 2013 Deal page Deal Crown Castle Fibernet Fpl Fibernet 2017 Deal page Deal Crown Castle Global Signal 2007 Deal page
Source: Crown Castle Inc. SEC filings and official company website

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