People: Discovery Communications Inc (DISCB.O)
DISCB.O on Nasdaq
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29 Apr 2013
78.73USD
29 Apr 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
John Hendricks |
61 | 2008 | Chairman of the Board |
David Zaslav |
53 | 2008 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Andrew Warren |
46 | 2012 | Chief Financial Officer, Senior Executive Vice President |
Mark Hollinger |
53 | 2009 | President and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Networks International |
Kurt Wehner |
50 | 2012 | Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer |
Bruce Campbell |
45 | 2012 | Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer, General Counsel |
Adria Alpert-Romm |
58 | 2007 | Senior Executive Vice President - Human Resources |
S. Decker Anstrom |
62 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Robert Beck |
72 | 2008 | Independent Director |
Robert Bennett |
54 | 2008 | Independent Director |
Paul Gould |
67 | 2005 | Independent Director |
John Malone |
72 | 2008 | Independent Director |
Robert Miron |
75 | 2008 | Independent Director |
Steven Miron |
46 | 2008 | Independent Director |
M. LaVoy Robison |
77 | 2005 | Independent Director |
J. David Wargo |
59 | 2005 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
John Hendricks |
Mr. John S. Hendricks is Chairman of the Board of Discovery Communications Inc., since September 17, 2008. Mr. Hendricks is Founder of Discovery and has served as Chairman of Discovery since September 1982. Mr. Hendricks served as Chief Executive Officer of Discovery from September 1982 to June 2004; and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Discovery from December 2006 to January 2007. |
David Zaslav |
Mr. David M. Zaslav is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Discovery Communications Inc. Mr. Zaslav has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery since January 2007. Mr. Zaslav served as President, Cable & Domestic Television and New Media Distribution of NBC Universal, Inc., a media and entertainment company, from May 2006 to December 2006. Mr. Zaslav served as Executive Vice President of NBC and President of NBC Cable, a division of NBC, from October 1999 to May 2006. Mr. Zaslav was a member of the board of TiVo Inc. until he declined to stand for reelection in 2010. |
Andrew Warren |
Mr. Andrew C. Warren is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Executive Vice President of Discovery Communications, Inc., since March 26, 2012. Mr. Warren served as Chief Financial Officer of Liz Claiborne, Inc. (now Fifth & Pacific Companies Inc.) a designer, marketer and retail supplier of premium lifestyle fashion brands, from 2007 to 2012. |
Mark Hollinger |
Mr. Mark G. Hollinger is President and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Networks International, a subsidiary Company of Discovery Communications Inc., since December 03, 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Hollinger served as Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President, Corporate Operations from January 2008 through December 2009; and as Senior Executive Vice President, Corporate Operations from January 2003 through December 2009. Mr. Hollinger served as General Counsel from 1996 to January 2008, and as President of Global Businesses and Operations from February 2007 to January 2008. |
Kurt Wehner |
Mr. Kurt T. Wehner is Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Discovery Communications, Inc., since November 2012. Mr. Wehner joined the Company in September 2011. Mr. Wehner was an Audit Partner at KPMG LLP from 2000 to 2011. |
Bruce Campbell |
Mr. Bruce L. Campbell is Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer and General Counsel of Discovery Communications, Inc. Mr. Campbell became Chief Development Officer in August 2010 and General Counsel in December 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Campbell served as President, Digital Media & Corporate Development from March 2007 through August 2010. Mr. Campbell also served as corporate secretary from December 2010 to February 2012. Mr. Campbell served as Executive Vice President, Business Development of NBC from December 2005 to March 2007, and Senior Vice President, Business Development of NBC from January 2003 to November 2005. |
Adria Alpert-Romm |
Ms. Adria Alpert-Romm is Senior Executive Vice President - Human Resources of Discovery Communications Inc., since March 2007. Ms. Romm served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources of NBC from 2004 to 2007. Prior to 2004, Ms. Romm served as a Vice President in Human Resources for the NBC TV network and NBC staff functions. |
S. Decker Anstrom |
Mr. S. Decker Anstrom is Independent Director of Discovery Communications, Inc., since December 2012. Mr. Anstrom has served as President of Landmark Communications and Chairman of The Weather Channel companies from 2002 until his retirement in 2008. From 2001 to September 2011, he served as a member of the Board of Directors and also served as a chair of the Governance Committee of Comcast Corporation. |
Robert Beck |
Mr. Robert R. Beck is Independent Director of Discovery Communications Inc., since September 2008. Since 2001, Mr. Beck has served as an independent consultant, advising on complex financial and business matters. Prior to 2001, Mr. Beck served as a Managing Director of Putnam Investments. |
Robert Bennett |
Mr. Robert R. Bennett is Independent Directorof Discovery Communications Inc., since September 2008. Mr. Bennett served as President of DHC from March 2005 to September 2008 and a director of DHC from May 2005 until September 2008. Mr. Bennett has almost twenty years of executive management experience in the cable television industry, including various executive positions with Liberty Media since its inception in 1990. Mr. Bennett is a director of Liberty Media, Sprint Nextel Corporation and Demand Media, Inc. |
Paul Gould |
Mr. Paul A. Gould is Independent Director of Discovery Communications Inc., since September 2008. Mr. Gould served as a director of Discovery Holding Company (“DHC”), the predecessor company, from May 2005 to September 2008. Mr. Gould has served at Allen & Company Incorporated, an investment banking services company, since 1972, including as a Managing Director and Executive Vice President for more than the last five years. Mr. Gould has served as a financial advisor to many Fortune 500 corporations and advised on a number of largemedia company acquisitions. Mr. Gould is a director of Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation and Liberty Global, Inc. (“Liberty Global”). In 2010 Mr. Gould resigned as director of DIRECTV and declined to stand for reelection as director of Liberty Media, Inc. (“Liberty Media”), now Liberty Interactive Corporation (“Liberty Interactive”). |
John Malone |
Mr. John C. Malone is Independent Director of Discovery Communictions Inc., since September 2008. Mr. Malone served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of DHC from March 2005 to September 2008 and a director of DHC from May 2005 to September 2008. Over the last 40 years, Mr. Malone has played a central role in the cable television industry. Mr. Malone has served as Chairman of the Board and a director of Liberty Media since 1990. Mr. Malone is Chairman of the Boards of Liberty Global, Liberty Media, and Liberty Interactive, and a director of Ascent Capital Group, Inc., Expedia, Inc., and Sirius XM Radio Inc. Mr. Malone resigned from the boards of DIRECTV and IAC/InterActiveCorp in June 2010 and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. in February 2011. Mr. Malone has played a pivotal role in the cable television industry since its inception. |
Robert Miron |
Mr. Robert J. Miron is Independent Director of Discovery Communications Inc. since September 2008. Mr. Miron served as Chairman of Advance/Newhouse Communications and Bright House Networks, LLC (“Bright House”) from July 2002, retiring in December 2010. Mr. Miron served as Chief Executive Officer of Advance/Newhouse Communications and Bright House from July 2002 to May 2008. |
Steven Miron |
Mr. Steven A. Miron is Independent Director of Discovery Communications Inc., since September 2008. Mr. Miron has served as Chief Executive Officer of Advance/Newhouse Communications and Bright House since May 2008. He also served as President of Advance/Newhouse Communications and Bright House from July 2002 to May 2008. |
M. LaVoy Robison |
Mr. M. LaVoy Robison is Independent Director of Discovery Communications Inc., since September 2008. Mr. Robison served as a director of DHC from May 2005 to September 2008. Mr. Robison has been on the board of The Anschutz Foundation, a private foundation, since January 1998, and was their executive director from 1998 to November 2010. Mr. Robison was a director of Liberty Media and following Liberty Media’s restructuring, is now a director of Liberty Interactive. |
J. David Wargo |
Mr. J. David Wargo is Independent Director of Discovery Communications Inc., since September 2008. Mr. Wargo served as a director of DHC from May 2005 to September 2008. Mr. Wargo has served as President of Wargo & Company, Inc., a private investment company specializing in the communications industry, since January 1993. Mr. Wargo is a director of Strayer Education, Inc. and Liberty Global. Mr. Wargo served on the board of Fun Technologies, Inc. from 2007 to 2008. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
John Hendricks |
1,832,580 |
David Zaslav |
49,932,900 |
Andrew Warren |
3,779,040 |
Mark Hollinger |
6,093,010 |
Kurt Wehner |
-- |
Bruce Campbell |
3,664,940 |
Adria Alpert-Romm |
1,056,840 |
S. Decker Anstrom |
-- |
Robert Beck |
-- |
Robert Bennett |
551,588 |
Paul Gould |
-- |
John Malone |
429,286 |
Robert Miron |
-- |
Steven Miron |
-- |
M. LaVoy Robison |
-- |
J. David Wargo |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
John Hendricks |
1,014,360 | 32,855,300 |
David Zaslav |
1,718,353 | 21,317,900 |
Andrew Warren |
0 | 0 |
Mark Hollinger |
234,100 | 7,295,420 |
Kurt Wehner |
0 | 0 |
Bruce Campbell |
141,502 | 4,546,330 |
Adria Alpert-Romm |
100,000 | 478,000 |
S. Decker Anstrom |
0 | 0 |
Robert Beck |
0 | 0 |
Robert Bennett |
18,705,493 | 0 |
Paul Gould |
0 | 0 |
John Malone |
78,729,907 | 0 |
Robert Miron |
0 | 0 |
Steven Miron |
0 | 0 |
M. LaVoy Robison |
0 | 0 |
J. David Wargo |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
ANSTROM S DECKER |
742 | $0.00 |
GOULD PAUL A |
742 | $0.00 |
MIRON ROBERT J |
742 | $0.00 |
BECK ROBERT R |
742 | $0.00 |
MALONE JOHN C |
742 | $0.00 |
BENNETT ROBERT R |
742 | $0.00 |
WARGO J DAVID |
742 | $0.00 |
ROBISON M LAVOY |
742 | $0.00 |
MIRON STEVEN A |
742 | $0.00 |
ADVANCE LONG TERM MANAGEMENT TRUST |
550,000 | $0.00 |
HOLLINGER MARK G |
30,652 | $32.39 |
HOLLINGER MARK G |
30,652 | $78.98 |
HOLLINGER MARK G |
23,963 | $38.76 |
HOLLINGER MARK G |
300 | $80.24 |
HOLLINGER MARK G |
23,663 | $79.72 |
ZASLAV DAVID M |
91,000 | $78.85 |
HOLLINGER MARK G |
23,964 | $38.76 |
HOLLINGER MARK G |
9,264 | $78.38 |
HOLLINGER MARK G |
14,700 | $78.78 |
ZASLAV DAVID M |
209 | $77.71 |
ALPERT-ROMM ADRIA |
6,816 | $32.39 |
ALPERT-ROMM ADRIA |
9,111 | $78.21 |
CAMPBELL BRUCE L |
30,673 | $78.67 |
HOLLINGER MARK G |
23,596 | $78.44 |
ALPERT-ROMM ADRIA |
900 | $78.91 |
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