Shari Redstone

Shari Ellin Redstone (born April 14, 1954) is an American media executive. She currently serves as the non-executive chairwoman of Paramount Global (formerly known as ViacomCBS) and president of National Amusements, and is a former vice-chairman of CBS Corporation and Viacom. Through National Amusements, Redstone and her family are majority owners of CBS, Comedy Central, BET, Showtime Networks, Nickelodeon, MTV and the film studio Paramount Pictures. In 2020, Redstone was named on Times list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2022, to Forbes''' list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. Early life and education Redstone is the daughter of Phyllis Gloria Raphael and Sumner Redstone, and the sister of Brent Redstone. Her grandfather was Michael Redstone, who was the original founder of National Amusements, the parent company that now owns the majority of the Redstone media empire. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Tufts University in 1975. She later received her J.D. degree in 1978 and her LL.M. degree in 1980 from Boston University School of Law. Redstone practiced corporate law, estate planning and criminal law in the Boston area before joining National Amusements.