Chris Licht

Chris Licht
Licht in 2015
Born
Christopher Andrew Licht

(1971-10-22) October 22, 1971 (age 53)
Switzerland
NationalityAmerican
EducationSyracuse University (BA)
Years active1993–present
Notable work
Spouse
Jenny Blanco
(m. 2006)
[1]
Children2

Christopher Andrew Licht (born October 22, 1971)[2] is an American television newsman and producer. He is best known as the showrunner and executive producer of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, as well as CBS's executive vice president of special programming. He is also known for having launched Morning Joe on MSNBC, and the reboot of CBS This Morning. From May 2022 to June 2023 he was the chairman and CEO of CNN.

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  2. ^ POLITICO Staff (October 22, 2018). "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Chris Licht, executive producer/showrunner of 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' and EVP of special programming at CBS Corp". POLITICO. Retrieved October 29, 2022.