Background
Akin, Steven Paul was born on April 6, 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of Richard Ernest and Lucille F. (Mosher) Akin.
Akin, Steven Paul was born on April 6, 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of Richard Ernest and Lucille F. (Mosher) Akin.
Bachelor in Economics, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1969. Postgraduate, Columbia University, Harriman, New York, 1986.
Management trainee customer service management New York Telephone, 1969-1978. Assistant vice president customer service United Telephone Сompany Ohio, Mansfield, 1978-1985. Vice president operations United Telephone Сompany Indiana, Warsaw, 1985-1986, United Telephone Сompany Midwest, Overland Park, Kansas, 1986-1987.
Senior vice president, then president United States Sprint, Kansas City, Missouri, 1987-1992. President Fidelity Retail Investor Services, Boston, 1992-1995, Fidelity Brokerage Services, Inc., Boston, 1995-1997, Fidelity Retail Customer Services, Boston, 1995-1996. President, chief information officer Fidelity Investments Systems Company, 1997-1999.
President Fidelity Capital, 1999—2002. President, Chief Executive Officer Colt Telecomms., London, 2002—2004. Executive vice president corporation services Fidelity, 2004—2005, executive vice president distribution, since 2005.
President Mansfield Symphony, 1985—1986, Lyric Opera, Kansas City, Kansas, 1991—1992. Trustee Kents Hill School, Kents Hill, Maine, since 2002. Trustee, vice-chairman Boston Lyric Opera, 2002—2003, vice chairman, since 2005.
Married Jane Goddard, November 24, 1973. Children: Kyla, Susan.