FORA.tv Speaker - Frank A. Bennack

Frank A. Bennack, Jr., chairman of The Paley Center for Media, is the chief executive officer of Hearst Corporation, one of the nation's largest private companies engaged in a broad range of publishing, broadcasting, cable networking and diversified communications activities. He is in his second tenure as CEO and in his first, served as Hearst's CEO for more than 23 years.

He is also presently vice chairman of the Hearst Board of Directors and chairman of the Corporation's Executive Committee. Bennack is also director of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation. He is chairman of The National Magazine Company Limited of Great Britain, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hearst Corporation.

Bennack is also a governor and vice chairman of New York-Presbyterian Hospital and its Healthcare System, a managing director of the Metropolitan Opera of New York, and chairman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.