David Zaslav is President and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery, one of the world’s largest and most diverse media and entertainment companies with market leadership across all programming genres, including premium scripted television and movies, non-fiction series, international, animation, global sports and news. Mr. Zaslav spearheaded the transaction between AT&T’s WarnerMedia and Discovery, combining the companies’ media assets, in April 2022. Mr. Zaslav sets the strategy and oversees all operations for Warner Bros. Discovery’s global suite of brands, including Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group and Warner Bros. Television Group, HBO and Max, discovery+, CNN, TNT Sports, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, ID, Warner Bros. Animation, Discovery Kids, Eurosport and more. Previously, Mr. Zaslav led Discovery since 2006. Under his leadership, Discovery launched some of the fastest-growing cable networks in the U.S., achieved numerous milestones for viewership of domestic brands, including Animal Planet, HGTV, Food Network and TLC, and curated a collection of world-class brands and global IP that created the foundation for discovery+. Prior to taking the helm at Discovery, Mr. Zaslav had a distinguished career at NBCUniversal, where he was instrumental in developing and launching CNBC and also played a role in the creation of MSNBC. He was previously an attorney with the New York firm of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, and graduated with honors from Boston University School of Law.
