Peter Chernin
President and COO, News Corp.; Chairman and CEO, Fox Group
Peter Chernin is President and COO of News Corp., and Chairman and CEO of The Fox Group. He is also a member of the board of directors of News Corp. and the board of The Fox Entertainment Group. Chernin oversees diversified global operations spanning five continents, including the production and distribution of film and television programming; television, satellite and cable broadcasting; the publication of newspapers, magazines and books; and the development of digital broadcasting. Prior to his current appointment, he headed Twentieth Century's Fox Filmed Entertainment and, prior to that, the Fox Entertainment Group of the Fox Broadcasting Company. He oversaw Fox′s tremendous growth in sports, cable and general-entertainment television programming and distribution in the United States and internationally. Chernin joined Fox from Lorimar Film Entertainment, where he was president and COO. Earlier, he was executive vice president for programming and marketing for Showtime/The Movie Channel Inc.; vice president of development and production at the David Gerber Company; an editor for Warner Books; and associate publicity director of St. Martin's Press.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.