Sumner Redstone

Sumner Redstone ( born May 27, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts; actual name Sumner Murray Rothstein ) is an American entrepreneur. Redstone is the majority owner and CEO of the American company National Amusements. About National Amusements Redstone owns the majority of the companies Viacom and CBS Corporation.

Life

Sumner's parents are Michael and Belle Rothstein. 1940, the name was changed to Redstone. Sumner's father Michael Rothstein was the owner of the company Northeast Theater Corporation in Dedham, Massachusetts. For this company National Amusements later developed. Redstone attended the Boston Latin School. He then went to Harvard College, where he received his Bachelor. Redstone graduated during the Second World War, then his military service and was a member of a team that decoded Japanese messages. After his military service Redstone worked in Washington and attended Georgetown University Law School. He joined the Harvard Law School and received his LL.B. and the Juris Doctor. After studying Redstone worked in Washington for the Justice Department and then went into the private sector. After a few years he moved to his father's company, where he rose in the following years. In 1999, he was divorced from his first wife. They have two children together. In 2002 he married for the second time. The estimated assets amounted, according to Forbes Magazine in 2005 to $ 8.8 billion.

In July 2010 Summner made ​​with a caper about a girl band and the Viacom company MTV media headlines.