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Chairman/CEO, iHeartMedia
Bob Pittman is chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia, Inc., which includes iHeartMedia and Clear Channel Outdoor, where he is also chairman and CEO. Pittman is the co-founder and programmer who led the team that created MTV and has been CEO of MTV Networks, AOL Networks, Six Flags Theme Parks, Quantum Media, Century 21 Real Estate, and Time Warner Enterprises. He was also COO of America Online and later of AOL Time Warner. He is a founding member of Pilot Group LLC, a New York private investment firm, and is a dedicated philanthropist, formerly serving as both chairman of New York’s Public Theater and chairman of the poverty-fighting Robin Hood Foundation, where he is still on the board. Pittman’s history in radio began at age 15, when he worked as an on-air announcer in his native Mississippi; he went on to successfully program a number of radio stations, including WNBC in New York.