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Jeffrey Lawrence Bewkes is an American media executive. He has served as CEO of Time Warner since January 1, 2008 and as President since December 2005. On January 1, 2009 he became Chairman of the Board in addition to his other duties.
Leaving Citibank, he took a job at HBO then a small unit of Time Inc where he was tasked with convincing hotels to subscribe to HBO[8] and then sales director responsible for the launch of Cinemax. He rose to become CFO of HBO (1986–1991); President and COO of HBO (1991–1995); CEO of HBO (1995–2002); and then chairman of Time Warner’s entertainment and networks group (2002–2005). From December 2005 to December 2007, he served as the top subordinate to Time Warner (the by-product of the 1990 merger between Time Inc and Warner Communications Inc) Chairman & CEO Dick Parsons. In 2008, Bewkes was selected as Parsons' successor as CEO of Time Warner, although Parsons remained Chairman of the Board until 2009.
As CEO of Time-Warner, Bewkes oversees Time Inc., HBO, Turner Broadcasting (CNN, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network), Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema.
In January 2006, Bewkes and CBS Corporation head Les Moonves helped broker the deal that joined the CBS-owned UPN with The WB to form the CW Network.
On behalf of NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Bewkes was one of the chairs of Media.NYC.2020,[10] which reviewed the future of the global media industry, the implications for NYC, and suggested actionable next steps for the NYC government.
Source: Wikipedia
Leaving Citibank, he took a job at HBO then a small unit of Time Inc where he was tasked with convincing hotels to subscribe to HBO[8] and then sales director responsible for the launch of Cinemax. He rose to become CFO of HBO (1986–1991); President and COO of HBO (1991–1995); CEO of HBO (1995–2002); and then chairman of Time Warner’s entertainment and networks group (2002–2005). From December 2005 to December 2007, he served as the top subordinate to Time Warner (the by-product of the 1990 merger between Time Inc and Warner Communications Inc) Chairman & CEO Dick Parsons. In 2008, Bewkes was selected as Parsons' successor as CEO of Time Warner, although Parsons remained Chairman of the Board until 2009.
As CEO of Time-Warner, Bewkes oversees Time Inc., HBO, Turner Broadcasting (CNN, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network), Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema.
In January 2006, Bewkes and CBS Corporation head Les Moonves helped broker the deal that joined the CBS-owned UPN with The WB to form the CW Network.
On behalf of NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Bewkes was one of the chairs of Media.NYC.2020,[10] which reviewed the future of the global media industry, the implications for NYC, and suggested actionable next steps for the NYC government.
Source: Wikipedia