Education
Educated, Cornell Univercity graduate, Cornell Univercity, 1966; Juris Doctor, New York University Law School, 1969.
Motion picture company executive
Educated, Cornell Univercity graduate, Cornell Univercity, 1966; Juris Doctor, New York University Law School, 1969.
Lawyer, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, 1969-1976;
assistant general counsel, deputy general counsel, Columbia Pictures Industries, 1976-1985;
senior vice president Worldwide Business Affairs, Columbia Pictures Industries, 1979;
executive vice president, Columbia Pictures Industries, 1980;
senior executive, vice president, fox Inc., 1985-1990;
president, Columbia Pictures, 1990-1994;
chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Viacom Entertainment Group, 1994;
president television division, 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, Beverly Hills, California
senior executive vice president telecommunications, Fox Inc., Beverly Hills, 1985-1988;
president, Fox Inc., Beverly Hills, 1988-1991;
president motion picture group, Columbia Pictures, Culver City, California, since 1991;
chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Viacom Entertainment Group, New York City, since 1994. Board fellows Claremont U. Center and Graduate School. Founder Friends of the Cornell Univercity Theater Arts Center.
Member Alumni Council New York University Law School. Founding member Education First. Advisory California State Summer School for the Arts.
President Columbia's Pay Cable & Home Entertainment Group, 1983. Chairman Twentieth television, 1988-1990. Member board directors Sony Pictures.
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