Stuart Subotnick (born February 10, 1942) is an American businessman and media magnate. He is chief executive officer and president of

Metromedia Metromedia, Inc. (also often MetroMedia) was an American media company that owned radio station, radio and television stations in the United States from 1956 to 1986 and controlled Orion Pictures from 1988 to 1997. Metromedia was established in ...

Company, Inc. In 1999, he was the 398th-wealthiest person in the U.S, with a

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of 650 million dollars, and in 2002, he was one of America's 500 wealthiest people. He was the longtime right-hand-man and chief financial officer of billionaire

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, who at one time was the richest man in America.

Biography

Subotnick was born into a

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family, and grew up in a

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south; Bushwick and East Williamsburg to the east; and the East River to the west. It was an independe ...

. He has a brother and a sister. He earned a

Bachelor of Business Administration A Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is an undergraduate degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of four years and typically 120 credits of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of busine ...

degree in accounting from

Baruch College Baruch College (officially the Bernard M. Baruch College) is a public college in New York City, United States. It is a constituent college of the City University of New York system. Named for financier and statesman Bernard M. Baruch, the colle ...

in 1962, a JD degree from

Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn Law School (BLS) is a Private university, private law school in New York City. Founded in 1901, it has approximately 1,100 students. Brooklyn Law School's faculty includes 60 full-time faculty, 15 emeriti faculty, and adjunct faculty. ...

in 1968, and an

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degree from

New York University Law School The New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the law school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835, it was the first law school established in New York City and is the oldest survivin ...

in 1974. He is CEO and president of

Company, Inc., a privately held diversified Delaware general partnership owned by billionaire

. Subotnick was general partner and Executive Vice President of Metromedia starting in 1986. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the company since 2010. He became a director of

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in 1987, and a director of

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in 2003. He serves as Presiding Director at Carnival plc. He has been Senior Independent Director at Carnival PLC since April 2003. He serves as a Director of Carnival Cruise Lines Inc. He served as Vice Chairman of the Board of

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from 1992 to July 1997. He co-founded Big City Radio Inc. in 1994. He has been Chairman of the company since that year. He was a member of the board of directors of

AboveNet, Inc. AboveNet was a provider of high Bandwidth (computing), bandwidth telecommunication circuits primarily for large corporate enterprises and communications carriers in 17 markets in the United States and 4 markets in Europe. Its private optical networ ...

from July 1997 to July 2012. He serves as a Trustee of

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. From 1995 to 2001, he co-owned the

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Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

. In 2002, he owned a 330-acre thoroughbred racing farm – Anstu Stables, Inc. He serves on the board of trustees for the

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.Park East Synagogue Board of Trustees
retrieved September 10, 2014 In 2022, Subotnick was inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame for his position in the cellular community.

References

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