Liberty Media Names Robert R. Bennett as Vice Chairman of Board of Directors
December 09 2024 - 7:15AM
Business Wire
Liberty Media Corporation (“Liberty Media”) (Nasdaq: FWONA,
FWONK, LLYVA, LLYVK) today announced that Robert R. (“Dob”) Bennett
has been named Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Liberty
Media (the “Board”) effective January 1, 2025. Mr. Bennett has been
a director of Liberty Media since 1994 and a member of its
Executive Committee for 15 years. He will continue to serve on the
Executive Committee with John Malone and Chase Carey. Mr. Bennett
served as Liberty Media’s President and Chief Executive Officer
from 1997 to 2005, prior to which he held other executive roles
since joining Liberty Media in 1991.
“Dob has been involved with Liberty since its inception, leading
the company as CEO through hallmark corporate transactions
including our spin-offs of Liberty Global and Discovery and acting
as a trusted advisor on our board since 1994. We benefit from his
extensive knowledge of the media, entertainment and telecom
industries and deep familiarity with Liberty’s corporate history. I
look forward to his continued partnership as Vice Chairman as he
supports our current and future Liberty management and portfolio
companies,” said John Malone, Liberty Media Chairman.
“It has been an honor to work alongside John and the Liberty
management team all these years through the many iterations of
Liberty’s corporate structure. I am excited to work more closely
with Liberty and portfolio company leadership during this next
chapter of the company’s continuous evolution with the consistent
objective of driving long-term value for shareholders,” said Mr.
Bennett.
Currently, Mr. Bennett is the Managing Director of Hilltop
Investments, LLC, a private investment company. Prior to joining
Liberty Media, he worked at Tele-Communications, Inc. and The Bank
of New York. Mr. Bennett serves as a director for HP, Inc and
Flutter Entertainment plc. Previously, he served as a director of
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., Sprint Corporation, Demand Media,
Inc., Discovery Holding Company and Liberty Interactive
Corporation.
About Liberty Media Corporation
Liberty Media Corporation operates and owns interests in a broad
range of media, communications, sports and entertainment
businesses. Those businesses are attributed to two tracking stock
groups: the Formula One Group and the Liberty Live Group. The
businesses and assets attributed to the Formula One Group (NASDAQ:
FWONA, FWONK) include Liberty Media’s subsidiaries Formula 1 and
Quint, and other minority investments. The businesses and assets
attributed to the Liberty Live Group (NASDAQ: LLYVA, LLYVK) include
Liberty Media’s interest in Live Nation and other minority
investments.
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