Back مارك تومسون (رجل أعمال) Arabic مارك تومسون (اصحاب بيزنيس من المملكه المتحده) ARZ Mark Thompson Catalan Mark Thompson (Medienmanager) German Μαρκ Τόμσον Greek مارک تامسون Persian Mark Thompson French 마크 톰프슨 Korean Mark Thompson NB Mark Thompson Portuguese
Mark Thompson | |
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&sq=Vangelis&lang=en&file=File:Mark_Thompson,_Nytimes_@_SXSW_2016_(cropped).jpg) Thompson in 2016 | |
| Chairman and CEO of CNN | |
| Assumed office 9 October 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Chris Licht |
| 14th Director-General of the BBC | |
| In office 22 June 2004 – 17 September 2012 | |
| Deputy | Mark Byford |
| Preceded by | Mark Byford (acting) |
| Succeeded by | George Entwistle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark John Thompson 31 July 1957 London, England, UK |
| Spouse |
Jane Blumberg (m. 1987) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Merton College, Oxford (BA) |
Sir Mark John Thompson (born 31 July 1957[1][2]) is a British media executive who is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ancestry, the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world, and Chief Executive Officer of the Cable News Network (CNN).[3] He is the former president and chief executive officer of The New York Times Company. From 2004 to 2012, he was Director-General of the BBC, and before that was the Chief Executive of Channel 4. In 2009 Thompson was ranked as the 65th most powerful person in the world by Forbes magazine.[4] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2017.[5]
- ^ "THOMPSON, Mark John Thompson," in Who's Who 2009 (London: A & C Black, 2008); online ed., (Oxford: OUP, 2008), [1]. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ "Thompson, Mark John Thompson". Who's Who 2021. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U37546. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
- ^ "Ancestry® Announces the Appointment of Mark Thompson as Chairman of the Board of Directors". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "The World's Most Powerful People". Forbes. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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