President, Chief Executive, Warner Bros. Discovery
David Zaslav, who has helmed Discovery since 2006, engineered one of the industry’s most consequential transformations in 2022 by spearheading the merger of AT&T’s WarnerMedia and Discovery, creating Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. This move placed him at the apex of a massive portfolio encompassing Warner Bros. Pictures and Television, HBO and HBO Max, CNN and TNT Sports. The company had been the subject of an intense bidding war beginning last September, which concluded with Paramount Skydance Corp. emerging as the winning bidder at the start of this year. Acknowledged for his influence, Zaslav has received numerous accolades, including the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award.