Robert Pittman
American businessman
Robert Warren Pittman (born December 28, 1953) is an American businessman. Pittman was the CEO of MTV Networks and the cofounder and programmer who led the team that created MTV, and is the CEO of iHeartMedia and the cofounder of Casa Dragones Tequila.2
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Born Dec 28, 1953.1
About
Pittman joined iHeartMedia's predecessor company Clear Channel in November 2010 as an investor and the company's Chairman of Media and Entertainment Platforms, was named CEO in 2011 and chairman in 2013. Pittman led Clear Channel's transformation into iHeartMedia, Inc. in September 2014 to reflect its new multiplatform business and expanded mission. Pittman has also been the former chairman and CEO of Clear Channel Outdoor, CEO of AOL Networks, Six Flags Theme Parks, Quantum Media, Century 21 Real Estate and Time Warner Enterprises, and COO of America Online, Inc. and AOL Time Warner.
Pittman has also been a radio and TV programmer, marketer, investor and media entrepreneur who has had multiple careers in a number of consumer-focused industries. In giving him its first 'Media Visionary" award, advertising publication Adweek referred to him as a "jack of all media" and former MTV executive Tom Freston referred to him as "the wonder boy of branding".
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Companies
- iHeartMediaChief executive officer 2011 to now10
- Skydance TVFounder11
Early life and education
Early life
The son of a Methodist minister, Pittman was born in Jackson, Mississippi, but raised in Hattiesburg and Brookhaven, where he attended Brookhaven High School and became a radio announcer at age 15 to earn money for flying lessons. He was an announcer in a number of cities and then successfully programmed radio stations in Pittsburgh, Chicago (WMAQ AM 670 and WKQX FM) and finally at the NBC flagship station, WNBC (AM), in New York when he was 23. He also produced and co-hosted a music video and news show in 1978 that ran on NBC's O&O Television stations. He learned to fly and has been a pilot for almost 50 years: He now has over 6,000 flight hours, currently holds an Airline Transport Pilot's license for airplanes, and is rated for helicopters and three types of jets.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson.6
- Since 2011Chief executive, iHeartMedia5
- Date not recordedFounded Skydance TV3
- Date not recordedFounded MTV4
Personal life
Pittman married Sandy Hill, a merchandise editor at Mademoiselle, in July 1979; they divorced in 1997. They have one son. Pittman married Veronique Choa in 1997. Divorced in 2024, they have two children.
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- 11WikidataSkydance TV, Founder