Roy Speer

Roy Merrill Speer Jr.[1] (June 23, 1932 – August 21, 2012) was an American attorney, and entrepreneur. He was also the former CEO, co-founder and chairman of the Home Shopping Network.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Home shopping pioneer Roy Speer dies at 80".
  2. ^ Barry Meier (April 26, 1993). "A Hard Look at Home Shopping's Family Ties". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  3. ^ Calvin Sims (August 3, 1989). "GTE Wins $100 Million Libel Case". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2015. The jury ruled that Home Shopping should pay $20 million of the damages and that its chairman, Roy M. Speer, and its president, Lowell W. Paxson, were personally responsible for paying $40 million each.