Barry Diller

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Barry Diller, 2009

Barry Diller (born February 2, 1942 in San Francisco ) is an American manager and entrepreneur of Jewish descent.

Life

From 1964 to 1974 Diller worked for the US media company ABC . From 1974 to 1984 Diller worked for the media company Paramount Pictures . As a manager, he was responsible for the formation of the media company Fox Broadcasting Company , which he ran from October 1984 to April 1992, and for USA Broadcasting . In 1992 Diller acquired shares in QVC for Fox Broadcasting Company . In the same year he was fired from Fox Broadcasting Company.

Diller currently heads the US company InterActiveCorp and Expedia . Diller has been married to the Belgian-American fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg since 2001 . Diller is the stepfather of Alexander von Furstenberg and Tatiana von Furstenberg.

His personal fortune is, according to Forbes about 3 billion US dollars (August 2020).

Web links

Commons : Barry Diller  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. George Mair: The Barry Diller Story: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Entertainment Mogul . 1997.
  2. ^ Matthias Streitz: Diller online dealer. The misunderstood giant Spiegel online, March 5, 2003
  3. Barry Diller . Forbes . Retrieved August 1, 2020.