Brian Sullivan (Manager)

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Brian Sullivan (born January 7, 1962 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American manager . He is President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Fox Networks Group. From April 1, 2010 to June 24, 2015, Sullivan was CEO of Sky Deutschland AG.

Life

Sullivan is from Philadelphia but has US and UK citizenship. He mainly studied at Villanova University . He was a fellow of the Institute of Direct Marketing .

Sullivan is an expert on the pay TV industry and has more than 20 years of professional experience in the US and Europe. He joined British Sky Broadcasting in February 1996 and has held various positions since then, e. B. in the areas of channel marketing , digital transition , customer relationship management and customer loyalty as well as product strategy and management . From December 2006 he was in the management of the BSkyB Customer Group . Before joining BSkyB, he mainly worked in the US pay TV industry, such as Viacom's Showtime Networks .

On June 24, 2015, Sullivan resigned from his position as CEO of Sky Deutschland AG to return to his home in the United States.

Sullivan then took on the role of President of the Digital Group in the Fox Networks media group. In December 2017, Sullivan was named President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the entire Fox Networks Group.

Awards

  • 2013: CEO of the year in German SMEs (elected by WirtschaftsWoche )
  • 2013: Media Man of the Year 2013 (chosen by Horizont )
  • 2014: German Media Prize - Media Personality of the Year

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mobil.horizont.net
  2. ↑ http://m.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/der-sky-chef-brian-sullivan-im-gespraech-13245905-p2.html
  3. ↑ Alina Fichter and Marcus Rohwetter: Brian on the air. on zeit.de, accessed on July 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ a b Manfred Engeser: Brian Sullivan. at kress.de, accessed on July 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/Sky-Deutschland-Brian-Sullivan- geht-Carsten-Schmidt- Follow-nach- 133569
  6. ↑ Brian Sullivan upped at Fox Networks Group . In: Broadband TV News . December 8, 2017 ( broadbandtvnews.com [accessed July 30, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Manfred Engeser: CEO of the Year - Germany's best CEO. at wiwo.de, accessed on July 12, 2014.
  8. ↑ Juliane Paperlein: "The job is far from over": Interview with HORIZONT media man of the year Brian Sullivan. on horizont.net, accessed July 12, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Sullivan, Brian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American manager
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania