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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Moonves">Leslie Moonves</a> was born on October 6, 1949, in New York in the US, set up in Valley Stream, son of Jewish parents Josephine and Herman Moonves. Named as Leslie Moonves Roy as a child, he completed his studies at the Valley Stream Central High School and graduating in 1971 from Bucknell University where for the second year from premed started acting in some games. Intending to become an actor, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Moonves">Leslie Moonves</a> moved to Manhattan to pursue a career as an actor and after a few roles on television, he abandoned his career and deeply invested in the business sector and today he is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Moonves">president</a> and CEO of CBS Corporation. Some other aspects of his biography are yet to be discovered.

Moonves Career

Moonves had management experience from the beginning of his career in the corporate sector. He performed works by 20th Century Fox Television as programming/cable commanding the first-run syndicated and pay. After that, he held the position of Vice President, mini-series, and movies. After that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Moonves">Leslie Moonves</a> had its entrance in Lorimar Television in 1985 serving as executive-in-charge of your movies and mini-series, becoming the head of creative affairs three years after his entry into the corporation. During the years 1989 to 1993, he served as President of Lorimar and after this year the station he was hired as CEO and president of Warner Bros. Television and also the Lorimar TV by combining operations.

When Moonves became president of CBS Entertainment in 1995, the network was stuck in last place, and its audience's aging demographics were unattractive to advertisers. He oversaw a turnaround in the network's fortunes, with ratings climbing thanks to reality programs like Survivor and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(American_TV_series)">Big Brother</a>. These were joined by popular series such as Everybody Loves Raymond, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Big Bang Theory.

In 1998 Moonves became CEO of CBS Television. After <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_Redstone">Sumner Redstone</a>'s Viacom acquired CBS in 1999, Moonves continued to ascend the corporate ladder, becoming chairman and CEO of CBS in April 2003. He was named co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom in 2004. In 2006, to combat a decline in stock price, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_Redstone">Redstone</a> split up Viacom and CBS. Moonves became president and CEO of CBS Corp., overseeing CBS as well as entities such as publisher Simon & Schuster and cable network Showtime. In 2016 Moonves became chairman of the CBS board.

Moonves' time at the helm saw CBS prosper. Under his watch CBS All Access, a streaming subscription service, was created. He prompted CBS to produce more of its own programming, instead of licensing shows from other production houses. And he saw CBS successfully demand programming fees from cable and satellite operators.Among the missteps of Moonves' CBS tenure was the decision to hire <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Couric">Katie Couric</a> to headline the nightly news for $15 million a year, as ratings success didn't follow. Moonves headed the company when CBS News aired a 60 Minutes Wednesday segment with improperly vetted documents (an incident that came to be known as "Memogate"), and when <a href="/biography/charlie-rose">Charlie Roses</a> resid departed CBS This Morning following allegations of <a href="/biography/charlie-rose">Rose</a>'s own sexual misconduct.

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Moonve’s Career midway

Moonves moved to CBS a little later in 1995 becoming the president of CBS Entertainment as well as acted in April 1998 as the executive remaining in the same position until 2003 until his promotion to the director and coordinator of CBS. Later, in July of the year 1995, he moved to CBS and president of CBS Entertainment. He became the president and the executive in April 1998. He remained in the position until 2003 and then he was promoted to president and CEO of CBS.

Personal life, Marriages, divorce and kids – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Moonves">Leslie Moonves</a>

Moonves personal life hadn't many twists or confusion, but he was involved in two marriages. His first marriage was on December 17, 1978, with Nancy Wiesenfeld and had three children with her, but the request for divorce was made by the Superior Court of Los Angeles en April 2003 alleging the existence of differences impossible to be reconciliation.

Even before the end of Moonves divorce process met again involved in a serious relationship and this time with a celebrity news and TV, <a href="/biography/julie-chen">Julie Chen</a>. During this period the ex-wife Moonves, Nancy Wiensenfeld was still the anchor of “The Early Show” on CBS, where in 2004 the divorce was finally finished. Thirteen days after the end of the divorce process, Moonves and <a href="/biography/julie-chen">Julie Chen</a> married in Mexico a few years later on September 24, 2009, and they had their first child named Charlie. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Redstone">Shari Redstone</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Redstone">daughter</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_Redstone">Sumner Redstone</a>, has proposed merging CBS and Viacom Inc. once more, a step Moonves opposes.

After The New Yorker's article appeared, CBS issued a statement saying in part, "The timing of this report comes in the midst of the company’s very public legal dispute," referring to ongoing litigation between CBS and Redstone's holding company.  Moonves and <a href="/biography/julie-chen">Julie Chen</a> married in 2004, a few weeks after he and his first wife finalized their divorce. Moonves and <a href="/biography/julie-chen">Chen</a> met when he selected <a href="/biography/julie-chen">Chen</a>, a <a href="/biography/julie-chen">newsreader</a> for The Early Show, to host reality show <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(American_TV_series)">Big Brother</a>. In 2010 <a href="/biography/julie-chen">Chen</a> took on hosting duties for the daytime show The Talk. Following the New Yorker article and its allegations against her husband, <a href="/biography/julie-chen">Chen</a> released a statement of support on Twitter that said in part, "Leslie is a good man and a loving father, devoted husband and inspiring corporate leader. He has always been a kind, decent and moral human being. I fully support my husband and stand behind him and his statement.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Moonves">Leslie Moonves</a> Net Worth

With a networth estimated at $300 million, from years of work dedicated to the television industry, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Moonves">Leslie Moonves</a> currently lives in Beverly Hills. He bought his current home of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Heyward">Andrew Heyward</a>, a former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Heyward">co-worker</a>. Moreover, In May 2017, Moonves signed a contract to remain at the head of CBS Corp. through 2021. Under the terms of this agreement, he could receive a payout of $184 million should he be terminated without cause. Working for CBS has also provided Moonves with benefits that go beyond salary: the company funded his $500,000 private screening room and covers his travel on corporate jets.

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