Richard Parsons (businessman)

For other people with the same name, see Richard Parsons.

Dick Parsons
Born
Richard Dean Parsons

(1948-04-04) April 4, 1948 (age 76)
New York City, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Hawaii, Manoa (BA)
Albany Law School (JD)

Richard Dean Parsons (born April 4, 1948), an American business executive, is the former chairman of Citigroup and the former chairman and CEO of Time Warner. He stepped down as CEO of Time Warner on December 31, 2007.[1] He was previously the interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA franchise. In September 2018, Parsons became the Interim Chairman of the Board for CBS replacing Les Moonves.[2] On October 21, 2018, he resigned for health reasons from CBS and was replaced by Strauss Zelnick.[3]

  1. ^ David Faber, "Time Warner Confirms Parsons Stepping Down", CNBC, November 5, 2007.
  2. ^ "UH alumnus replacing Les Moonves as interim chairman of CBS". Star-Advertiser. Honolulu. Associated Press. September 26, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  3. ^ Stanley, Anne (October 21, 2018). "Parsons Resigns From CBS Board due to Health Reasons: Dick Parsons resigns from CBS board, Strauss Zelnick steps into role of interim chairman". TheStreet. Retrieved October 23, 2018.