Sumner Redstone
Sumner Redstone
Sumner Murray Redstoneis an American businessman and media magnate. He is the majority owner and chairman of the board of the National Amusements theater chain. Through National Amusements, Redstone and his family are majority owners of CBS Corporation and Viacom. According to Forbes, as of September 2015, he was worth US$5 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth27 May 1923
CountryUnited States of America
years track records
Viacoms results for the first quarter put the company on a fast track for another record year in 2004.
thinking bulls nine
I think we're in the beginning of a bull market. When a bull market begins, nine months later the economy turns around.
hard-work dubai turkeys
When I lose my marbles which is never, when I lose my energy, I travel the world today for Viacom, China, Turkey, Dubai, Kuwait. When that happens, I'll know enough to retire, but that's never gonna happen. I'm here for forever.
order long risk
In order to succeed, you have to live dangerously.. as long as the danger is rationally accepted and as long as the rewards far outweigh the risk.
mtv fads today
At the time we acquired Viacom, everyone said I had overpaid. But even at today's depressed prices, that investment is worth billions. Everyone was saying MTV was a fad. I knew better.
inspirational inspiring success
Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.
commitment winning excellence
I've always had that obsessive will to win and a commitment to excellence.
inspirational failing enough
We all have to decide how we are going to fail, by not going far enough or by going too far.
positive opportunity doe
Opportunity does not knock. You have to find it
divorce sometimes after-divorce
Sometimes divorce is better than marriage