Sumner Redstone

E422085

billionaire businessperson human lawyer media magnate

Sumner Redstone was an American media magnate who built and controlled Viacom and CBS, becoming one of the most powerful figures in the entertainment industry.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sumner Redstone canonical	8
Brent Redstone	1
Sumner M. Redstone	1
Sumner Murray Redstone	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4215822 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sumner Redstone
Context triple: [Boston Latin School, notableAlumnus, Sumner Redstone]

A. Shari Redstone
Shari Redstone is an American media executive and heiress who controls National Amusements and plays a leading role in overseeing Paramount Global and CBS.
B. John C. Malone
John C. Malone is an American billionaire businessman and influential media and telecommunications investor often dubbed the "Cable Cowboy" for building a vast cable and broadband empire.
C. Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
D. Peter Chernin
Peter Chernin is an American media executive and film and television producer, known for leading Fox’s entertainment operations and founding The Chernin Group.
E. Laurence Tisch
Laurence Tisch was an American businessman and investor best known as the co-owner of Loews Corporation and former CEO of CBS.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sumner Redstone
Target entity description: Sumner Redstone was an American media magnate who built and controlled Viacom and CBS, becoming one of the most powerful figures in the entertainment industry.

A. Shari Redstone
Shari Redstone is an American media executive and heiress who controls National Amusements and plays a leading role in overseeing Paramount Global and CBS.
B. John C. Malone
John C. Malone is an American billionaire businessman and influential media and telecommunications investor often dubbed the "Cable Cowboy" for building a vast cable and broadband empire.
C. Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
D. Peter Chernin
Peter Chernin is an American media executive and film and television producer, known for leading Fox’s entertainment operations and founding The Chernin Group.
E. Laurence Tisch
Laurence Tisch was an American businessman and investor best known as the co-owner of Loews Corporation and former CEO of CBS.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	billionaire ⓘ businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ media magnate ⓘ
birthDate	1923-05-27 ⓘ
birthPlace	Boston, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
child	Brent Redstone ONDG ⓘ Shari Redstone ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2020-08-11 ⓘ
deathPlace	Los Angeles, California, United States ONNED1 ⓘ
degree	bachelor's degree from Harvard College ⓘ law degree from Harvard Law School ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College Harvard Law School ⓘ
employer	CBS Corporation ⓘ Viacom ⓘ surface form: Viacom Inc.
ethnicGroup	Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName	Redstone ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	history ⓘ law ⓘ
fullName	Sumner Redstone self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sumner Murray Redstone
givenName	Sumner ⓘ
knownForQuote	Content is king ⓘ
militaryService	United States Army ⓘ
notableFor	building a global media empire ⓘ controlling CBS Corporation ⓘ controlling Viacom ⓘ
notableWork	acquisition of CBS by Viacom ⓘ acquisition of Paramount Pictures by Viacom ⓘ expansion of Viacom through acquisitions ⓘ
occupation	chairman ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ investor ⓘ media executive ⓘ
owns	National Amusements, Inc. ⓘ surface form: National Amusements Inc.
parent	Belle Ostrovsky Redstone ONDG ⓘ Michael Redstone ⓘ
positionHeld	chairman of CBS Corporation ⓘ chairman of National Amusements Inc. ⓘ chairman of Viacom ⓘ executive chairman of CBS Corporation ⓘ executive chairman of Viacom ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
residence	Beverly Hills ⓘ surface form: Beverly Hills, California, United States Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse	Paula Fortunato NERFINISHED ⓘ Phyllis Gloria Raphael NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boston Latin School → notableAlumnus → Sumner Redstone ⓘ

CBS Corporation → notableChairman → Sumner Redstone ⓘ

National Amusements, Inc. → associatedWith → Sumner Redstone ⓘ

Shari Redstone → parent → Sumner Redstone ⓘ

Shari Redstone → hasRelative → Sumner Redstone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brent Redstone

Viacom → foundedBy → Sumner Redstone ⓘ

Redstone family → notableMember → Sumner Redstone ⓘ

Redstone family → patriarch → Sumner Redstone ⓘ

Sumner M. Redstone Building → namedAfter → Sumner Redstone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sumner M. Redstone

Milestone Award → notableRecipient → Sumner Redstone ⓘ

Sumner Redstone → fullName → Sumner Redstone self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sumner Murray Redstone

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