David Westin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

David Westin

American businessman

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1952

Place of Birth: Flint, Michigan, United States

Profession: lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

David Lawrence Westin is anchor of Bloomberg: Balance of Power and Bloomberg Big Decisions on Bloomberg Television.
Previously he was an anchor on Bloomberg Daybreak Americas and Bloomberg GO which Daybreak replaced.
He has anchored for Bloomberg since 2015.
From 2014 to 2015, he was principal of Witherbee Holdings, LLC, advising and investing in media companies.
He was the president and CEO of NewsRight from 2011 to 2012.
Before that, he was president of ABC News (from March 6, 1997, through December 3, 2010), responsible for all aspects of ABC News’ television broadcasts, including World News with Diane Sawyer, Nightline, Good Morning America, 20/20, Primetime, This Week with Christiane Amanpour, and World News Now, and ABC News Radio.
During his tenure, ABC News received eleven George Foster Peabody Awards, 13 Alfred I DuPont Awards, four George Polk Awards, more than 40 News and Documentary Emmys, and more than 40 Edward R.
Murrow Awards.
On September 6, 2010, Westin announced he would retire from ABC, but would remain until the end of the year to give the company time to find a replacement.
One news report said Westin was forced out by Disney CEO Robert Iger, but others reported that he had decided to pursue other interests—with one saying that he "got to announce his departure on his own terms".