Terry Semel
Chairman and CEO, Windsor Media; Former Chairman and CEO, Yahoo! Inc.
Terry Semel is Chairman and CEO of Windsor Media. From 2001 to 2007, he served as Chairman and CEO of Yahoo! Inc., where he assembled a team that grew the company's global user base and marketing services, and introduced sponsored search, listings and services bundled with high-speed Internet access. Semel previously spent 24 years at Warner Bros. and served as co-chairman and co-CEO, helping to build Warner Bros. into one of the world's largest media and entertainment enterprises. He is credited with building the company from a single revenue source generating less than $1 billion to nearly $11 billion total revenues from businesses in 50 countries. Prior to his tenure at Warner Bros., he managed Walt Disney's theatrical distribution division and the CBS theatrical distribution division. He serves on the board of Polo Ralph Lauren Corp., Emerson College, the Paley Center for Media (formerly the Museum of Television & Radio), and the Guggenheim Museum.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.