CNN = Jeff Zucker

Jeff Zucker


"Jeffrey Adam Zucker[2] (born April 9, 1965) is an American media executive. He previously served as president and CEO of NBC Universal.[3] Zucker served as an executive in residence at Columbia Business School.[4] In November 2012, Zucker was picked to take over as the president of CNN Worldwide in January 2013 after Jim Walton's tenure.[5] Zucker oversees CNN, CNN International, HLN, and CNN Digital.[6] "


"Zucker was born into a Jewish family[7][8] in Homestead, Florida, near Miami, on April 9, 1965.[9] His father, Matthew, was a cardiologist, and his mother, Arline, was a school teacher.[2]

He was a captain of the North Miami Senior High School tennis team,[9] editor of the school paper, and a teenage freelance reporter ("stringer") for The Miami Herald.[10] The 5-foot-6-inch (1.68 m) Zucker also was president of his sophomore, junior, and senior classes,[11] running on the slogan "The little man with the big ideas."[12] He graduated from North Miami Senior High School in 1982.[9] Before college, he took part in Northwestern University's National High School Institute program for journalism.[10] Zucker went on to Harvard University. He was president of the school newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, during his senior year and as such he encouraged the decades-old prank rivalry with the Harvard Lampoon, headed by future NBC colleague Conan O'Brien.[13] Zucker graduated from Harvard in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts in American history.[14]"

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