COMPANY

Founded 1927 as United Independent Broadcasters, by Arthur Judson. Acquired in 1995 by Westinghouse, which assumed its name two years later. In 1999, Viacom acquired CBS, but the merger was undone with a shuffling of assets in 2005 -- Viacom took the cable television properties and CBS took the network television business. In addition to its namesake network, co-owns The CW Television Network with Warner Bros.

Official Website:
http://www.cbs.com/

Industry:
Media

Ticker:
NYSE:CBS

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

Sales:
$14.1B (2007)

Employees:
24,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stanley Bing	Columnist	20-May-1951		Columnist for Fortune
Lisa M. Caputo	Business	1964		EVP at The Travelers
Fred Friendly	Journalist	30-Oct-1915	3-Mar-1998	President of CBS News, 1964-66
Dennis Gabor	Physicist	5-Jun-1900	8-Feb-1979	Inventor of holography
Andrew Heyward	Journalist	1950		President of CBS News, 1996-2005
Michael H. Jordan	Business	13-Jun-1936	25-May-2010	CEO of EDS, 2003-07
Mel Karmazin	Business	24-Aug-1943		President and COO of Viacom, 2000-04
Peter A. Lund	Business	c. 1941		CEO of CBS, 1995-97
Mitch Miller	Musician	4-Jul-1911	31-Jul-2010	Sing Along with Mitch
Les Moonves	Business	6-Oct-1949		CEO of CBS Television
William S. Paley	Business	28-Sep-1901	26-Oct-1990	Chairman of CBS, 1946-83
John R. Purcell	Business	c. 1932		Grenadier Associates, Ltd.
Frederic G. Reynolds	Business	c. 1957		CFO of CBS
Johnathan A. Rodgers	Business	c. 1946		CEO of TV One
Thomas O. Ryder	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Readers Digest, 1998-2005
Jeff Sagansky	Business	26-Jan-1952		President, CBS Entertainment, 1990-94
Tex Schramm	Football	2-Jun-1920	15-Jul-2003	General manager of Dallas Cowboys
Terry Semel	Business	24-Feb-1943		CEO of Yahoo, 2001-07
Frank Shakespeare	Diplomat	9-Apr-1925		US Ambassador to the Vatican, 1986-89
Frank Stanton	Business	20-Mar-1908	24-Dec-2006	President of CBS, 1946-73
Laurence Tisch	Business	5-Mar-1923	15-Nov-2003	CEO of CBS, 1986-95
Anthony J. Vinciquerra	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Fox Networks Group
George Vradenburg	Attorney	14-Mar-1943		Strategic Advisor for AOL Time Warner
Robert J. Wussler	Business	8-Sep-1936	5-Jun-2010	President of CBS Television, 1976-78

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David R. Andelman	Business	1940		Director of Viacom, CBS
Joseph Califano	Government	15-May-1931		Carter's HEW Secretary
William Cohen	Government	28-Aug-1940		US Secretary of Defense, 1997-01
Charles K. Gifford	Business	8-Nov-1942		Bank of America Chairman, 2004-05
Bruce S. Gordon	Business	15-Feb-1946		President of the NAACP, 2005-07
Linda M. Griego	Business	c. 1948		Griego Enterprises, Inc.
Les Moonves	Business	6-Oct-1949		CEO of CBS Television
Shari Redstone	Business	14-Apr-1954		President of National Amusements
Sumner Redstone	Business	27-May-1923		Chairman and CEO of Viacom
Ann N. Reese	Business	c. 1952		CFO of ITT, 1995-98
Frederic V. Salerno	Business	c. 1944		CFO of Verizon, 2000-02
Judith A. Sprieser	Business	3-Aug-1953		CFO of Sara Lee, 1995-99
Patty Stonesifer	Business	1956		Co-Chair of Gates Foundation

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert O. Anderson	Business	13-Apr-1917	2-Dec-2007	CEO of ARCO, 1966-86
Prescott Bush	Politician	15-May-1895	8-Oct-1972	US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63
George Conrades	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Akamai, 1999-2005
Peter A. Derow	Business	c. 1940		Institutional Investor, Inc.
Michael H. Jordan	Business	13-Jun-1936	25-May-2010	CEO of EDS, 2003-07
Henry B. Schacht	Business	16-Oct-1934		Former CEO of Cummins, Lucent
Frank Stanton	Business	20-Mar-1908	24-Dec-2006	President of CBS, 1946-73
Paula Stern	Government	31-Mar-1945		Chairman, Int'l. Trade Commission, 1984-86
Laurence Tisch	Business	5-Mar-1923	15-Nov-2003	CEO of CBS, 1986-95

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Pat Summerall	Sports Journalist	10-May-1930		Sportscaster

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael Eisner	Business	7-Mar-1942		CEO of Disney, 1984-2005
David Geffen	Business	21-Feb-1943		Music and movie industry mogul
Robert Giroux	Publisher	8-Apr-1914	5-Sep-2008	Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Ted Nelson	Computer Programmer	17-Jun-1937		Hypertext pioneer, Xanadu
John D. Roberts	Journalist	15-Nov-1956		Fox News reporter/host
Vin Scully	Sports Journalist	29-Nov-1927		Voice of the Dodgers

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation
Allan J. Lichtman	Historian	4-Apr-1947		The Keys to the White House
Frank Stanton	Business	20-Mar-1908	24-Dec-2006	President of CBS, 1946-73

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