Gerald M. Levin (b. 1939, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American businessman. He attended Haverford College, where he is a member of the Board of Directors. He spent most of his career with Time Inc. (later Time Warner, then AOL Time Warner), starting as a programming executive for HBO and eventually becoming CEO of the corporation. Levin is probably most famous for having brokered the merger between AOL and Time Warner during the height if the internet boom, a merger which seemed to many to be less of a smart idea for Time Warner as the intenet industry sunk into a deep decline during the early 2000s. Haverford College is a coeducational, undergraduate liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. ... Time Inc. ... Time Warner Inc. ... Time Warner Inc. ...
Personal Life
Levin has been married twice and is the father of three children, one of whom, Jonathan, a 31-year-old high school English teacher, was murdered on May 31, 1997 by one of his own students.
Gerald M. Levin is chairman and chief executive officer of Time Warner Inc., a position to which he was elected in 1993.
Levin proposed that all national program distribution be accomplished by satellite transmission, a concept that transformed the U.S. premium-cable industry and led to a dramatic increase in the number of satellite-delivered cable networks.
GeraldLevin is a champion of electronic media services, and he has risen through the corporate ranks to an influential position as the chief executive of one of the world's largest media organizations.
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