Nancy Tellem

Nancy Tellem ( born December 1, 1953 in Danville, California ) is an American lawyer and president of the CBS radio and television chain.

Life

At Hastings College of the Law University of California, she received her Juris Doctor. Your bachelor reached at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the daughter of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. She is married to the American players' agent Arn Tellem H.. Four years she practiced her profession as a lawyer in Los Angeles. In Washington, she worked as an intern for Congressman Ron Dellums.

Her first leading position was television in the legal department of the former television production company Lorimar. In 1987 she was promoted to vice president for business and financial affairs. In 1995 she was appointed Vice President for Business Affairs. President of CBS, it was in 1998. As president, she oversees the programming, development, production, business affairs and operations of the CBS network.

Awards

• Tellem took third place in the magazine Entertainment Weekly for the 25 smartest people on television.
• In 2006, she was named as one of the 100 most powerful women by Forbes magazine.