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Chairman and chief executive officer, MTV Networks

Nationality: American.

Born: 1945.

Education: Received undergraduate degree from Saint Michael's College; New York University, MBA, 1970.

Family: Married (wife's name unknown; divorced); married Kathy Law (a model and actress), c. 2000; children (first marriage): two.

Career: Benton & Bowles, 1970, account executive; 1970s, founder and owner of clothing-export business; MTV Networks,...