George Vradenburg

George Vradenburg
Born	1943 Kinston, North Carolina, United States
Occupation	Businessman

George Vradenburg (born 1943) is an American attorney, who has been chief counsel at America Online Inc. and CBS Inc., and senior executive at AOL Time Warner and Fox Broadcasting Company. He is co-founder and chairman of USAgainstAlzheimer's (USA2), an Alzheimer's advocacy organization., and co-publisher of Tikkun, an English-language magazine with a progressive viewpoint.

Vradenburg was born in Kinston, North Carolina but grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and graduated from Colorado Springs High School. Vradenburg received his B.A. from Oberlin College magna cum laude, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School.

Vrandenberg was a senior partner in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins and as co-chair of its Entertainment & Media Industry Practice Group.

He served CBS Inc. as Senior Vice President and General Counsel At CBS, Vradenburg was General Counsel during the legal defense in the Gen. William Westmoreland case and the attempted hostile takeovers by Ted Turner and Jesse Helms. He was Executive Vice President of Fox Broadcasting Company.

He joined America Online as Senior Vice President and General Counsel in early 1997 and in 1999 was named Senior Vice President for Global and Strategic Policy. In January 2001, he was named Executive Vice President for Global and Strategic Policy for AOL Time Warner. Prior to joining America Online,

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