Sumner Redstone bowed out last week. At 97 years old, the one who was, straddling the two centuries, one of the moguls of the American media - and therefore world -, like Rupert Murdoch or John Malone, has finally died. His legendary vitality and fighting spirit could have suggested that he would remain forever. But he too obviously fell, after a life of tensions and struggles which often had a family resonance.
This native of a Jewish neighborhood of Boston, fascinated by Hollywood, built his fortune, valued at $ 3 billion, from a small company founded by his father in the 1930s. Today, ViacomCBS, the group that his daughter, Shari Redstone, presides in a non-executive capacity, owns cable networks and television channels (CBS, MTV, Comedy Central, Showtime) or the legendary Paramount studios ( Top Gun, Titanic… ). A conglomerate that represents 28 billion dollars in turnover and
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