Cyma Zarghami

Cyma Zarghami
Born	Abadan, Iran 1961/1962
Nationality	Iranian-American
Occupation	President of Nickelodeon & Viacom Media Networks
Employer	Viacom Media Networks (Viacom)

Cyma Zarghami (Persian: سیما ضرغامی‎‎, born ca. 1961/1962) is an Iranian-born American cable television executive currently serving as the president of Nickelodeon and Viacom Media Networks Kids & Family Group since 2006.

Zarghami was born in Abadan, Iran to an Iranian father, Gholam, and a Scottish mother, Catherine. The family later moved to Canada and finally to Englewood, New Jersey, where she graduated in the class of 1980 from the Dwight-Englewood School, and has been a recipient of the school's Distinguished Alumni Award. At Dwight-Englewood, she "played a lot of sports, Lacrosse mostly."

In 1980, Zarghami entered The University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont as an elementary education major, but later changed her major to English. She ultimately did not complete her degree, but was later awarded an honorary diploma by the University of Vermont College of Education and Social Services in 2000.

Zarghami traveled in Europe after leaving college, then returned to Burlington to work for Business Digest.

Zarghami joined Nickelodeon as a scheduling clerk in 1985. She moved up through the programming department and became the channel's general manager in 1996, overseeing programming, scheduling, acquisitions, marketing and day-to-day management of the network. Zarghami was promoted to general manager and executive vice-president in 1997.

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