Howard Stringer
| Sir Howard Stringer | |
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Stringer at opening night of the 2009 Metropolitan Opera
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| Born |
February 19, 1942 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Non-executive director of BBC |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer A. Kinmond Patterson |
Sir Howard Stringer (born 19 February 1942) is a Welsh-American businessman. He served as chairman of the board, chairman, president and CEO of Sony Corporation. He is also the head of the board of trustees of the American Film Institute and now serves as a non-executive director of the BBC.
Stringer was born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of Marjorie Mary (née Pook), a Welsh schoolteacher, and Harry Stringer, a sergeant in the Royal Air Force. In July 1978, he married Jennifer A. Kinmond Patterson. They have two children.
His younger brother, Rob Stringer, was president of Sony Music Label Group.
Stringer attended Oundle School in Northamptonshire and 11 other secondary schools by the time he was 16. He received a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford in Modern History. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on December 31, 1999, and appeared on Desert Island Discs in 2013.
Stringer moved to the United States in 1965. After working at CBS's flagship station WCBS-TV for six weeks, he was drafted into the United States Army, and served as a military policeman in Saigon for ten months in the Vietnam War. He did not serve in combat, but was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious achievement. Stringer returned to CBS, where he had a 30-year career. He started in a series of lowly jobs, including answering backstage phones for The Ed Sullivan Show. He then became a journalist, producer and senior executive. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1985. He served as president of CBS from 1988 to 1995, where he was responsible for all the broadcast activities of its entertainment, news, sports, radio and television stations.
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