Editing Sumner Redstone (section)

{{short description|American business and media magnate (1923–2020)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Sumner Redstone
| image              = Sumner Redstone.jpg
| caption            = Redstone in 2001
| birth_name         = Sumner Murray Rothstein
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1923|05|27}}
| birth_place        = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], US
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2020|08|11|1923|05|27}}
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], US
| burial_place       = [[Sharon Memorial Park, Massachusetts|Sharon Memorial Park]]<br>[[Sharon, Massachusetts]]
| education          = [[Boston Latin School]]
| alma_mater         = [[Harvard University]] {{resize|([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}}
| known_for          = {{ubl|[[National Amusements]] − Chair|{{nobr|[[Paramount Global|ViacomCBS]] − Chmn. Emeritus}}}}
| spouse             = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Phyllis Gloria Raphael|1947|1999|reason=div.}}|{{marriage|Paula Fortunato|2002|2009|reason=div.}}}}
| children           = [[Brent Redstone]]<br />[[Shari Redstone]]
| mother             = Belle Ostrovsky
| father             = [[Michael Redstone]]
| module             = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
   | allegiance   = {{USA}}
   | branch       = {{army|United States}}
   | branch_label = Branch
   | rank         = {{Dodseal|USAO2-2015|25}} [[First lieutenant]]
   | unit         = [[Signals Intelligence Service]]
   | serviceyears = 1944–1945
   | serviceyears_label = Service&nbsp;years
   | battles      = [[World War II]]
   | battles_label = Conflict
   | awards       = }}
}}
'''Sumner Murray Redstone''' ({{ne}} '''Rothstein'''; May 27, 1923 – August 11, 2020) was an American billionaire businessman and [[media magnate]]. He was the founder and chairman of the second incarnation of [[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]], chairman of [[CBS Corporation]] (both companies [[2019 merger of CBS and Viacom|merged in 2019]], a year before Redstone's death), and the [[majority owner]] and chairman of the [[National Amusements]] theater chain. 

Until his death, Redstone was a majority voting shareholder of the media conglomerate [[Paramount Global|ViacomCBS]], the parent company of the [[Paramount Pictures]] film studio, the [[CBS]] television network, and [[Paramount Media Networks|various cable networks]]. 

According to ''[[Forbes]]'', as of April 2020, he was worth US$2.6 billion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/sumner-redstone/ |title=Forbes profile: Sumner Redstone |journal=Forbes |date=April 7, 2017 |access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref>

Redstone was formerly the executive chairman of both CBS and Viacom.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Steel|first=Emily|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/business/media/cbs-sumner-redstone-les-moonves.html|title=Sumner Redstone Steps Down as CBS Chairman, Replaced by Leslie Moonves|date=February 3, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 15, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/16/viacom-chairman-emeritus-sumner-redstone-will-step-down-from-board-in-february.html|title=Sumner Redstone will step down from Viacom's board|last=Lovelace|first=Berkeley Jr.|date=December 16, 2016|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref> In February 2016, at age 92, Redstone resigned both chairmanships following a court-ordered examination by a [[Geriatric psychiatry|geriatric psychiatrist]]. He was ultimately succeeded by [[Les Moonves]] at CBS and [[Philippe Dauman]] at Viacom.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Flint|first1=Joe|last2=Sharma|first2=Amol|date=February 4, 2016|title=Redstone Resigns as CBS Executive Chairman|language=en-US|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cbs-replaces-redstone-as-executive-chairman-1454534309|access-date=August 12, 2020|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>