Sumner Murray Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein; May 27, 1923) is an American media magnate. He is the majority owner and Chairman of the Board of the National Amusements theater chain. Through National Amusements, Sumner Redstone and his family are majority owners of CBS Corporation, Viacom, MTV Networks, BET, and the film studio Paramount Pictures, and are equal partners in MovieTickets.com.
Sumner was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Mic...
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Sumner Murray Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein; May 27, 1923) is an American media magnate. He is the majority owner and Chairman of the Board of the National Amusements theater chain. Through National Amusements, Sumner Redstone and his family are majority owners of CBS Corporation, Viacom, MTV Networks, BET, and the film studio Paramount Pictures, and are equal partners in MovieTickets.com.
Sumner was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Michael and Belle (née Ostrovsky) Rothstein (his family changed their surname from the Jewish "Rothstein" to "Redstone" when Sumner was 17). Michael Rothstein owned Northeast Theater Corporation in Dedham, Massachusetts -- the forerunner of National Amusements -- and the Boston branch of the Latin Quarter Nightclub.
Sumner Redstone attended the Boston Latin School, from which he was graduated first in his class. He then attended Harvard College, where he completed the studies for his baccalaureate in three years. Later, Redstone served in World...
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