Sumner Redstone
Sumner Murray Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein; May 27, 1923 - August 12, 2020) was an American businessman and media magnate. He is the majority owner and chairman of the board of the National Amusements theater chain. Through National Amusements, Redstone and his family are majority voting shareholders of ViacomCBS (itself the parent company of CBS, MTV, TV Land, VidCon, Smithsonian Channel, CBS Television Studios, CBS Productions, Showtime Networks, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Big Ticket Television, ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks, ViacomCBS Networks International, Comedy Central, Paramount Pictures, Miramax, CBS Television Stations, Network 10 and TV distributor CBS Television Distribution). According to Forbes, as of September 2015, he was worth US$5 billion.
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| Full name at birth | Sumner Murray Rothstein
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| Claim to fame | Viacom Chairman
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| Date of birth | 27 May 1923
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| Place of birth | Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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| Date of death | 11 August 2020
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| Age | 97 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Occupation | Chairman of National Amusements
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| Net worth | $6,400,000,000 USD
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| High school | Boston Latin School
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- Endorsed US President George W. Bush for re-election in 2004, saying that "the reason was simple: Republican values are what U.S. companies need. ... I look at the election from what`s good for Viacom. I vote for what`s good for Viacom. I vote, today, Viacom.". Viacon owns--among many other media outlets--CBS Television, which is claimed by conservatives, who accuse it of being part of "the liberal media", to slant its news coverage in favor of the Democratic party.
- Was originally a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Justice before he left to join his father`s theater chain, which evolved into National Amusements, the present-day parent holding company of Viacom.
- Was recruited by Edwin O. Reischauer (a Harvard professor and future U.S. Ambassador to Japan) while an undergraduate student at Harvard University to decode Japanese codes during World War II.
- He left Harvard College after only barely completing three years of study when he was recruited by Professor Reischauer (later a U.S. Ambassador to Japan) to decode messages of the Japanese during World War II. When he finished his tenure with the U.S. Army, the Harvard Corporation granted him his Bachelor`s degree.
- Has an autobiography, co-written with Peter Knobler, titled A Passion To Win, ISBN 0684862247 (published by Simon & Schuster)
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