TracFone seeking interim CEO after death of founder Pollak

• TracFone (a unit of AMX) is pursuing an interim leader following the death of its founder and CEO, F.J. Pollak.
• Pollak founded the prepaid wireless company in 1996 as Topp Telecom, and eventually grew it into the country's largest mobile virtual network operator, and one of the country's top providers overall.
• Carlos Slim's Telefonos de Mexico (precursor to America Movil) bought a controlling interest in Topp in 1999, for $57.5M. Tracfone serves nearly 26M customers through seven brands operating all major mobile carriers.