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Richard D. Parsons is Chairman of the Board of Time Warner whose businesses include filmed entertainment interactive services television networks cable systems and publishing. From May 2002 to December 2007 Mr. Parsons served as Time Warner’s Chief Executive Officer. He became Chairman of the Board in May 2003.
As CEO Mr. Parsons led Time Warner’s turnaround and set the company on a solid path toward achieving sustainable growth. In the process he put in place the industry’s most experienced and successful management team strengthened the company’s balance sheet and simplified its corporate structure and carried out a disciplined approach to realigning the company’s portfolio of assets to improve returns. In its January 2005 report on America’s Best CEOs Institutional Investor magazine named Mr. Parsons the top CEO in the entertainment industry.
Before becoming CEO Mr. Parsons served as the company's Co-Chief Operating Officer overseeing its content businesses-Warner Bros. New Line Cinema Warner Music Group and Time Warner Book Group-as well as two key corporate functions: Legal and People Development.
Mr. Parsons joined Time Warner as its President in February 1995 and has been a member of the company's Board of Directors since January 1991. As President he oversaw the company's filmed entertainment and music businesses and all corporate staff functions including financial activities legal affairs public affairs and administration.
Before joining Time Warner Mr. Parsons was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dime Bancorp Inc. one of the largest thrift institutions in the United States. Previously he was the managing partner of the New York law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. Prior to that he held various positions in state and federal government as counsel for Nelson Rockefeller and as a senior White House aide under President Gerald Ford. Mr. Parsons received his undergraduate education at the University of Hawaii and his legal training at Union University's Albany Law School.
Mr. Parsons’ civic and non-profit commitments include Co-Chairman of the Mayor’s Commission on Economic Opportunity in New York; Chairman Emeritus of the Partnership for New York City; Chairman of the Apollo Theatre Foundation and service on the boards of Howard University the Museum of Modern Art and the American Museum of Natural History. He also serves on the boards of Citigroup and Estée Lauder.
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