Sumner Redstone Quotes


I’ve never felt that his private life was the way to judge him. We should judge a president by the way he performs as president.


Context

President Kennedy was an inveterate womanizer both before his presidency and during it.


Citations

Sumner Redstone, Chairman & CEO, Viacom, Statement after the death of John F. Kennedy, Quoted in Smithsonian, November 2003

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Sumner Redstone
Sumner Redstone
  • Born: May 27, 1923
  • Died: August 11, 2020
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Chairman National Amusements, Chairman Emeritus ViacomCBS

Sumner Murray Redstone was an American billionaire businessman and media magnate. He was the majority owner and chairman of the National Amusements theater chain. Through National Amusements, Redstone, up until his death, was, and his family remain, majority voting shareholders of mass media conglomerate ViacomCBS, in turn, the parent company of the Paramount Pictures film studio, the CBS television network, and various cable networks. According to Forbes, as of April 2020, he was worth US$2.6 billion.