Craig Ehrlich is an American private investor and entrepreneur, the former head of the GSM Association, a trade organization which represents 800 mobile operators in 220 countries.
In addition to his coursework, he worked full-time for Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley,[5] and served as student body president during his senior year.
[6] Ehrlich graduated with a BA in political science from UCLA in 1978, and went on to earn a master's degree in urban studies at Occidental College and a postgraduate fellowship in public affairs from the Coro Foundation.
Hired to run the company after an expected $550 million franchise license was granted, Ehrlich was initially responsible for putting together the project's bid.
While the license fell through,[8] Ehrlich's bid had included a proposal for a superstation to transmit all of Hutchison Cablevision's new programming via satellite throughout Asia.
In a 2008 interview, Ehrlich said: "I wanted to change it to a proper world-class trade association that focuses on commercialization and strategy, rather than some Athenian democracy getting into the nitty-gritty of the technology.
[18] Additionally, he established the Craig Ehrlich Fellowship at the UCLA Anderson School for Management, which is awarded annually to two MBA candidates from mainland China, Hong Kong, or Taiwan.