We've paired these telecom legends with their slightly more recognizable lookalikes. We dare you to tell the difference.

Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor

June 8, 2015

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As any devout How I Met Your Mother fan knows, everyone has a doppelgänger. You may spot them on the street in passing, a friend may excitedly describe them to you, or maybe, if you're really special, you'll see your twin on the big screen.

As luck may have it, a surprising number of telecom greats resemble famous people. We've compiled a list of 10 of the most jarringly similar lookalikes in the comms industry today. We doubt you'll even be able to tell them apart.

Be sure to let us know about any others we've missed in the comments section!

Figure 1: Olaf Swantee & Steven Berkoff Olaf Swantee, CEO of EE, is the spitting image of Steven Berkoff, an actor renowned for playing the evil villain. We're sure Olaf is a really nice guy, we just don't want to get on his bad side. Olaf Swantee, CEO of EE, is the spitting image of Steven Berkoff, an actor renowned for playing the evil villain. We're sure Olaf is a really nice guy, we just don't want to
get on his bad side.

— Eryn Leavens, Copy Desk Editor, Light Reading

About the Author(s)

Eryn Leavens

Special Features & Copy Editor

Eryn Leavens, who joined Light Reading in January 2015, attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before earning her BA in creative writing and studio arts from Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. She also completed UC Berkeley Extension's Professional Sequence in Editing.

She stumbled into tech copy editing after red-penning her way through several Bay Area book publishers, including Chronicle Books, Counterpoint Press/Soft Skull Press and Seal Press. She spends her free time lifting heavy things, growing her own food, animal wrangling and throwing bowls on the pottery wheel. She lives in Alameda, Calif., with two cats and two greyhounds.

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