While McCaw stews on what he could have done with his cellular gem, he has spent the ensuing years steering three seemingly disjointed communications ventures through his EagleRiver holding company.
McCaw, stung by the sale of his namesake, started EagleRiver. (His brothers, who had lesser roles in McCaw Cellular, pursued other interests.) Weibling steered him away from unwise investments in Hawaiian luxury hotels.
ConocoPhillips has substantial positions in gas plays in the Eagle Ford and Bakken shales, and alongside ExxonMobil in the Horn River region of western Canada.