David Zaslav
| David M. Zaslav | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 15, 1960 (age 57) Rockland County, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Binghamton University Boston University School of Law |
| Occupation | President & CEO Discovery Communications |
David M. Zaslav (born January 15, 1960) is the president and chief executive officer of Discovery Communications, a position he has held since January 2007. He was previously an executive at NBC Universal. In 2016, Zaslav was listed on Vanity Fair's New Establishment List, described as 100 “Silicon Valley hotshots, Hollywood moguls, Wall Street titans, and cultural icons.”
Zaslav was born to a Jewish family in Rockland County, New York and earned a bachelor of science degree from Binghamton University. Following this, he graduated from Boston University School of Law with a J.D. with honors in 1985 and started his career as an attorney with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Lieby and MacRae in New York. He previously served as an adjunct professor at Fordham University, where he created and taught a graduate-level course on the business of cable television.
Zaslav spent nearly two decades at NBC, where he worked to develop and launch CNBC, MSNBC and negotiate deals on behalf of NBCU with DirecTV, Comcast and Time Warner. As president of Cable and Domestic TV and New Media Distribution, he oversaw content distribution to all forms of TV, led negotiations for cable and satellite carriage of NBC Universal networks and forged new media partnerships, including a video-on-demand deal with the leading cable operator, Comcast.
His responsibilities extended to Bravo, CNBC World, SCI FI, ShopNBC, Sleuth, Telemundo, Telemundo Puerto Rico, mun2, Trio, Universal HD, USA Network, NBC Weather Plus and the Olympics on cable. Zaslav also oversaw NBC Universal's interests in A&E, The History Channel, The Biography Channel, National Geographic International, the Sundance Channel and TiVo.
Zaslav took the helm at Discovery in January 2007. Under his leadership in 2008, Discovery began trading as a public company on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Since that time, Discovery’s market capitalization has grown from less than $6 billion to approximately $18 billion. In 2016, the company posted record revenue, cash flow and profit driven by strong distribution agreements.
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