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Leslie Moonves
Television executive Leslie 'Les' Moonves through the years
July 27, 2018Updated Sept. 9, 2018, 2:15 p.m. ET
Leslie 'Les' Moonves a New York City native was born Oct. 6, 1949. Now he's the CBS Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation. However he got his start in entertainment as an actor.
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Julie Chen and Les Moonves arrive at the Washington National Cathedral for the memorial service for the late Senator John McCain, Sept. 1, 2018 in Washington, DC.
Drew Angerer, Getty ImagesBrian Grazer, founder of Imagine Entertainment, talks with Leslie 'Les' Moonves, president and chief executive officer of CBS Corporation, during the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 12, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesJulie Chen and her husband Leslie 'Les' Moonves, president and chief executive officer of CBS Corporation, arrive for a morning session of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference.Every July, some of the world's most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, technology and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive weeklong conference.
DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGESLeslie Moonves, president and chief executive officer of CBS Corp., arrives for Allen and Company 33rd Annual Media and Technology Conference in 2015.
ANDREW GOMBERT/EPALeslie Moonves strikes his pose as the CEO at CBS.
ROBERT HANASHIRO/USA TODAYLeslie Moonves and his first wife Nancy Wiesenfeld attend the 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept.14, 1997 in Pasadena, Calif. The couple were married from 1978 to 2004 and had three children.
Ron Galella/WireImageIn 1994 Leslie Moonves, President of Warner Bros. Television poses with cast of "ER". L-R; George Clooney, Sherry Stringfield, Anthony Edwards, Eriq LaSalle and Noah Wyle.
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