Les Moonves, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Les Moonves

American television executive

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1949

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: entrepreneur, chief executive officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Leslie Roy Moonves (; born October 6, 1949) is an American media executive who served as the Chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation from 2003 until his resignation in September 2018 following numerous allegations of sexual harassment and abuse.
He has been married to TV personality Julie Chen since 2004. He had held a series of executive positions at CBS from July 1995 to September 2018.
He has been on the board of directors at ZeniMax Media since 1999.
Later, he was co-president and co-chief operating officer (COO) of the original Viacom, Inc., the legal predecessor to CBS Corporation, from 2004 until the company split in December 2005.
He became Chairman of CBS in February 2016.
In September 2018, Moonves stepped down as Chairman of CBS after multiple women brought forth sexual misconduct allegations against him.
Moonves allegedly destroyed evidence of his sexual misconduct.According to various media reports, Moonves has amassed a net worth of over US$800 million as a result of extremely generous compensation packages from CBS, with Moonves earning US$68.4 million in 2017, combined with stock options of the media company, worth over US$100 million.
It was reported that Moonves was entitled to a severance package of over US$240 million from CBS; however, this has been suspended pending the outcome of several sexual abuse allegations against him.