Steve Ross

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Steve Ross was an American businessman best known for building Warner Communications into a media powerhouse and serving as a key architect of what became Time Warner.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
chief executive officer
media executive
associatedWith HBO
Warner Communications
surface form: Warner Bros.

Warner Music Group
cable television networks owned by Warner
businessFocus global expansion of media assets
vertical integration of media production and distribution
businessStrategy diversification across film, television, music, and publishing
use of leveraged acquisitions to build scale
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer Time Warner
Warner Communications
familyName Ross
fieldOfWork corporate management
media and entertainment
mergers and acquisitions
givenName Steven
hasEmployer Kinney National Services
industry cable television industry
entertainment industry
media industry
influenced corporate strategy in the entertainment industry
structure of modern media conglomerates
knownFor aggressive expansion through mergers and acquisitions
early investment in cable television
supporting creative talent in film and music
language English
mergedInto Time Warner
nationality American
notableAchievement helping create one of the world’s largest media companies through Time Warner
turning Warner Communications into a diversified media conglomerate
notableFor being a key architect of Time Warner
building Warner Communications into a major media company
occupation businessman
media executive
positionHeld chairman of Warner Communications
chief executive officer of Warner Communications
co‑chairman of Time Warner
co‑chief executive officer of Time Warner
executive at Kinney National Services
significantProject development of cable networks associated with Warner
expansion of Warner Bros. film and television operations
growth of Warner Music Group
merger of Warner Communications and Time Inc. to form Time Warner

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Time Warner foundedBy Steve Ross
Warner Communications foundedBy Steve Ross