David Zaslav

Extracted Attributes

• Awards

  Cable Hall of Fame (2017), Cable TV Pioneers Class (2018), Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award, UJA-Federation of New York's Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award, Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Fred Dressler Leadership Award, Association of Frontotemporal Degeneration's Susan and S.I. Newhouse Award of Hope, Time 100

• Spouse

  Pam Zaslav

• Children

  3

• Education

  Binghamton University (BS), Boston University School of Law (JD)

• Occupation

  Media executive

• Citizenship

  United States

• Current Title

  CEO and President of Warner Bros. Discovery

• Date of Birth

  1960-01-15

• Place of Birth

  Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.

Timeline

• Born in Brooklyn, New York City. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1960-01-15

• Graduated with honors from Boston University School of Law with a J.D. (Source: Web Search)

  1985

• Joined NBC. (Source: Web Search)

  1989

• Became CEO and President of Discovery, Inc. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2006

• Oversaw Discovery, Inc. going public. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2008

• Inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame. (Source: Web Search)

  2017

• Acquired Scripps Networks Interactive as CEO of Discovery Inc. (Source: Web Search)

  2018

• Became a member of the Cable TV Pioneers Class. (Source: Web Search)

  2018

• Oversaw the merger of Discovery, Inc. with WarnerMedia, forming Warner Bros. Discovery. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-04

David Zaslav

David Zaslav (; born January 15, 1960) is an American media executive who is the current CEO and president of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Zaslav became CEO and president of Discovery, Inc. in 2006, and oversaw the company as it went public in 2008 and then merged with WarnerMedia in April 2022. Prior to Discovery, Zaslav worked at NBCUniversal where he helped develop and launch the cable channels CNBC and MSNBC.

Web Search Results

• David Zaslav - Wikipedia

  David Zaslav (/ˈzæzlɑːv/; born January 15, 1960) is an American media executive who is the current CEO and president of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Zaslav became CEO and president of Discovery, Inc. in 2006, and oversaw the company as it went public in 2008 and then merged with WarnerMedia in April 2022. Prior to Discovery, Zaslav worked at NBCUniversal where he helped develop and launch the cable channels CNBC and MSNBC. ## Early life [...] David Zaslav was born into a Jewish family in New York City's Brooklyn borough on January 15, 1960. His family was part of the diaspora from Poland and Ukraine. At the age of eight, he moved with his family to Ramapo, New York, where he graduated from Ramapo High School "Ramapo High School (New York)"). He earned a B.S. from Binghamton University, then graduated with honors from the Boston University School of Law with a J.D. in 1985. He started his career as an attorney with LeBoeuf, Lamb, [...] | Born | (1960-01-15) January 15, 1960 (age 65) New York City, U.S. | | Education | Binghamton University (BS) Boston University (JD) | | Occupation | Media executive | | Title | CEO and president of Warner Bros. Discovery | | Spouse | Pam Zaslav | | Children | 3 |

• David Zaslav | Warner Bros. Entertainment Wiki | Fandom

  David M. Zaslav (born January 15, 1960) is an American media executive. He is the president and chief executive officer of Discovery Inc., a position he has held since November 16, 2006. Under his leadership, Discovery began trading as a public company in 2008, became a Fortune 500 company in 2014, and acquired Scripps Networks Interactive, in 2018. [...] 1 Early life and education 2 Career + 2.1 NBC Universal + 2.2 Discovery Inc. + 2.3 Boards and other activities 3 Personal life 4 Criticism 5 References ## Early life and education[] Zaslav was born to a Polish and Ukrainian Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York "New York (state)"). At the age of 8, he moved to Rockland County (NY) where he graduated from Ramapo High School. He was captain of the varsity tennis team. [...] Zaslav joined NBC in 1989. As president of Cable and Domestic TV and New Media Distribution, he oversaw content distribution to all forms of TV, negotiated for cable and satellite carriage of NBC Universal networks and forged media partnerships. His responsibilities extended to Bravo, CNBC World, SCI FI, ShopNBC, Sleuth, Telemundo, Telemundo Puerto Rico, mun2, Trio, Universal HD, USA Network, NBC Weather Plus and the Olympics on cable.

• David Zaslav - Warner Bros. Discovery

  David Zaslav is President and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery, one of the world’s largest and most diverse media and entertainment companies with market leadership across all programming genres, including premium scripted television and movies, non-fiction series, international, animation, global sports and news. Mr. Zaslav spearheaded the transaction between AT&T’s WarnerMedia and Discovery, combining the companies’ media assets, in April 2022. [...] Our Leadership Our Values + Guiding Principles + Inclusion + Impact Our Brands Newsroom Careers Investor Relations WBD Image David Zaslav President and CEO Warner Bros. Discovery [...] Mr. Zaslav was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2017 and is a member of the Cable TV Pioneers Class of 2018. He is a recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award, the UJA-Federation of New York’s Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award, Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Fred Dressler Leadership Award, and the Association of Frontotemporal Degeneration’s Susan and S.I. Newhouse Award of Hope.

• David Zaslav | Syndeo Institute At The Cable Center

  ZASLAV: I’m the president of NBC Universal Cable and I oversee all of the strategic development for our cable services, oversee all of our cable investments. We have investments in History Channel, A&E, National Geographic, TiVo. I’m the point person to figure out how do we grow, what deals do we do to get larger. I also oversee the revenue side of the cable business with all the cable operators and DBS distributors in growing CNBC and MSNBC and USA and Telemundo and Bravo and Sci Fi. So [...] Hauser Oral History Project Cable Hall of Fame Past Honorees CX Archive Manuscripts Media Edward D. Breen Technical Archives Memorabilia Podcast Mavericks Lecture Series Get Involved BACK TO HAUSER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT OVERVIEW # David Zaslav Interview Date: August 5, 2004 Interviewer: Steve Nelson Note: 2017 Cable Hall of Fame Honoree NELSON: David, let’s start out and just talk about your earliest days, your childhood. Where were you born; where did you come from? [...] thought that what we would do is business news during the day better than FNN and when the markets closed we would do consumer news, and so we were going to be this hybrid. In fact, in the very early stages, the first week or two, we thought that maybe we could even blend them together. That we could do business and some consumer news during the day and do just consumer news at night, and we learned a lot just walking the walk. We learned a lot from listening to the cable operators react to

• David Zaslav - Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

  Prior to joining Discovery, Zaslav had a distinguished career at NBCUniversal, where he was instrumental in developing and launching CNBC and also played a role

• Award

  Time 100

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Binghamton University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  president

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  1/15/1960

• Place Of Birth

  Rockland County