(May 2002)
EDUCATION:
University of Hawaii, 1968; Albany School of Law at Union University, L.L.D, 1971 (valedictorian)
RESIDENCE: New York
PERSONAL:
Married, Dr. Laura Parsons; three children, Gregory, 29, Leslie, 27, and Rebecca, 26
CAREER:
Assistant counselor, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, 1975; deputy counsel, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, 1975; associate director of White House Domestic Council (under President Gerald Ford), 1976; partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, 1977-1988; Dime Bancorp,1988-1995 (rose from president and COO to chairman & CEO); president, Time Warner, 1995-2001 (has served on Time Warner board since 1991); co-COO, AOL Time Warner, 2001
APPOINTMENTS:
Co-Chairman, Presidential Commission on Social Security Reform, 2001; member, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Transition Team, 2001; Chairman, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, 1995 — 2001; chairman, Apollo Theatre Foundation, 2000; chairman, New York Economic Development Corp., 1995 — 1997; chairman, New York City Mayor Rudolph Guiliani Transition Team, 1993
BOARD AFFILIATIONS:
Citigroup, Estée Lauder, Lincoln Center, Museum of Modern Art, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Howard University
HOBBIES: Jazz, watching boxing matches, oenology (the study of wines)
VACATION SPOT: Block Island, Rhode Island; Tuscany, Italy
ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURE BACKED:
Co-investor in UrbanAmerica L.P., a real estate investment firm acquiring and developing properties in urban neighborhoods, with American Express CEO Kenneth I. Chenault
AOL Time Warner: The Empire
America Online
Time Warner Trade Publishing
Home Box Office
Turner Broadcasting System
New Line Cinema
Warner Brothers
Time Inc.
Warner Music Group
Time Warner Cable
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MAGAZINES |
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| 1] | Time Inc. | $3,186.6 |
| 2] | Hearst | 1,286.6 |
| 3] | Condé Nast | 1,185.4 |
| 4] | Hachette Filipacchi | 825.7 |
| 5] | Meredith | 729.0 |
| 6] | Gruner & Jahr | 619.1 |
| 7] | Primedia | 548.6 |
| 8] | Parade | 458.5 |
| 9] | Gemstar-TV Guide | 332.9 |
| 10] | McGraw-Hill | 326.7 |
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MOVIES |
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| 1] | Warner Brothers | $1,005.7 |
| 2] | Universal | 909.7 |
| 3] | Buena Vista | 846.4 |
| 4] | Fox | 810.7 |
| 5] | Paramount | 768.9 |
| 6] | Sony | 656.7 |
| 7] | Miramax | 575.4 |
| 8] | MGM/UA | 447.8 |
| 9] | Dreamworks | 400.3 |
| 10] | New Line Cinema | 398.0 |
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MUSIC |
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| 1] | Universal | $2.95 |
| 2] | Bertelsmann | 1.85 |
| 3] | Sony | 1.72 |
| 4] | Warner | 1.72 |
| 5] | EMI | 1.07 |
| 6] | OTHERS | 1.81 |
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INTERNET |
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| 1] | AOL Time Warner | 83.9 |
| 2] | Microsoft | 70.7 |
| 3] | Yahoo | 68.4 |
| 4] | Terra Lycos | 39.5 |
| 5] | X10.com | 39.3 |
| 6] | Vivendi-Universal | 36.5 |
| 7] | About/Primedia | 33.2 |
| 8] | eBay | 25.9 |
| 9] | Walt Disney | 25.4 |
| 10] | eUniverse Network | 25.2 |
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CABLE SYSTEMS |
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| 1] | AT&T Broadband | 14.4 |
| 2] | Time Warner | 12.7 |
| 3] | Comcast Cable Comm. | 8.4 |
| 4] | Charter Comm. | 6.9 |
| 5] | Cox Comm. | 6.2 |
| 6] | Adelphia Comm. | 5.7 |
| 7] | Cablevision Systems | 3.0 |
| 8] | Insight Comm. | 1.4 |
| 9] | MediaCom | 0.9 |
| 10] | Cable One | 0.8 |
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TV PROGRAMMING |
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| 1] | HBO | 2.2 |
| 2] | Turner Broadcasting | 2.1 |
| 3] | USA Network | 2.0 |
| 4] | Lifetime | 2.0 |
| 5] | TNT | 1.9 |
| 6] | Nickelodeon | 1.8 |
| 7] | Cartoon Network | 1.7 |
| 8] | Disney Channel | 1.5 |
| 9] | Discovery Channel | 1.4 |
| 10] | A&E | 1.4 |
| SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES; PUBLISHER’S INFORMATION BUREAU; A.C. NIELSEN EDI; JUPITER MEDIA METRIX; KAGAN WORLD MEDIA *AS OF DECEMBER 9, 2001; †AS OF OCTOBER 2001; ‡AS OF JUNE 30, 2001;**AS OF JANUARY — MAY 27, 2001. |
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