Swisscom CEO found dead in home at age 49
Swisscom CEO found dead in home at age 49, police treating case as suicide
GENEVA (AP) -- Switzerland's leading telecommunications company says its chief executive has been found dead in an apparent suicide.
Swisscom says the body of 49-year-old Carsten Schloter was found Tuesday morning at the CEO's home in the Swiss canton (state) of Fribourg.
A company statement Tuesday says "the police are assuming it was a case of suicide; an investigation into the exact circumstances is underway."
Swisscom, a publicly traded company in which the Swiss government has the majority stake, says no more details of his death were being disclosed in consideration for his family.
Schloter joined Swisscom in 2000 as head of Swisscom Mobile and was appointed CEO in 2006.
The company says deputy CEO Urs Schaeppi would temporarily lead it.
