Crown Castle terminates CEO Steven Moskowitz

Crown Castle (CCI) announced that the company’s board of directors has appointed Dan Schlanger, executive VP and CFO, as interim CEO, effective immediately. Steven Moskowitz has been terminated as president and CEO. The board has initiated a search for a successor president and CEO and is in the process of retaining an executive search firm to assist in the process. Schlanger will continue to serve as the company’s CFO until April 1, at which time Sunit Patel will assume the role of EVP and CFO. Schlanger will serve as interim CEO until a successor CEO is identified and appointed, at which time the board intends to appoint him as chief transformation officer, in which he will be responsible for overseeing the completion of the company’s sale of its small cells and fiber solutions businesses, which is expected to close in the first half of 2026. Moskowitz’s termination was not a result of any disagreement regarding Crown Castle’s policies or financial performance