INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN MEDIA

Influential people in media

Influential people in media

Introduction

Richard Parsons has become one of the most prominent figures in American business, with no increase in normal range required to reach a high level corporate position. Named president of Dime Savings Bank of New York in 1988, although he had no previous experience in the banking sector, the brain of a change in the bank within a few years. In the 1990 became president of Time Warner Inc., becoming one of the highest-ranking Americans in Africa in the U.S. Company. In 1999, when AOL and Time Warner merged, Parsons became the director of operations co-president, a position shared with Bob Pittman. In 2001, Parsons was named the successor to the CEO of AOL Time Warner, Gerald Levin, who retired in May 2002 (Seib, 2009).

Biography

The hard work has been a crucial component of the success story of Parsons, a value that claims to have learned from his father. As he notified Ebony, "I've not ever missed a day in my life. Never. Not one." Fueling its rise also has made attachments with significant persons in recent years. "A gregarious and thoughtful man, Mr. Parsons has increased by winning the affection and loyalty of influential mentors, "wrote Laura Zuckerman at the New York Times.

Born into a poor family in Bedford-Stuyvesant section in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Queens, New York, Parsons revealed an inherent intelligence, but had few aspirations in his youth. He graduated high school at the age of 16 years, then spent much of his attention to sports as a student at the University of Hawaii. He played college basketball there and was also the president of his social fraternity. His journey to the future success was given a boost by his girlfriend at the time, Laura Bush, who became his wife in 1968 (Dash¸2007).

"Left to my own devices, I feel no obligation to fight," he told The New York Times in 1990. "My wife became my focus and the person who owed him best." His plans to become a fighter pilot were redirected to law school largely due to the influence of Bush. According to Ebony, Parsons said: "The woman who was dating [Bush] said, 'If you like to contend so much that needs to become a lawyer and get paid for it."

In the University Union University Albany Law School, Parsons helped pay for college by working part time as a janitor and later as an assistant in the State Assembly. He graduated number one in his class of 100 students over the age of 23 years, then received the highest scores among the 3,600 lawyers who took the state bar exam in 1971.

Career Shaped by Rockefeller

He began his legal career as an assistant in the legal staff of New York, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Parsons made a favorable impression on the governor. Governor Rockefeller awarded Parsons a solid performance by keeping it on your computer when he became vice president under President Gerald Ford in ...