Thomas O. Might, president and chief executive officer of Cable ONE, joined The Washington Post in 1978 as assistant to publisher Donald Graham, after a business internship in the summer of 1977. He was promoted to vice president-production in 1982 and served in that position until 1987, when he became vice president-production and marketing. In 1991, Might was named vice president-advertising and marketing.
In 1993, Might was promoted to president and chief operating officer of Post-Newsweek Cable, The Washington Post Company's cable television division, assuming responsibility for all the company's cable systems. He became president and chief executive officer in 1994. In June 1997, Might changed the name of Post-Newsweek Cable to Cable ONE.
Might serves on the board of the American Cable Association, the board of CableLabs, and the board of C-SPAN.
He received a BS degree in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech in 1972, served in the United States Army until 1976, and earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1978.