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Oct 29, 2015 · John D. Backe, a former bomber pilot who rose to become chief executive of CBS, returning it to first place among prime-time television viewers in the late 1970s before being ousted in a...
Oct 28, 2015 · John D. Backe, the CBS chief executive who helped the network return to number one in the late ‘ 70s before being memorably ousted by the founder William Paley, has died. He was 83.
John David Backe (July 5, 1932 – October 22, 2015) was an American television executive who served as the President and CEO of CBS from 1977 until 1980. Previously a bomber pilot , Backe helped CBS return to number 1 in the late 1970s before being ousted by CBS' founder, William S. Paley . [2]
Apr 9, 2010 · John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), founder of the Standard Oil Company, became one of the world’s wealthiest men and a major philanthropist. Born into modest circumstances in upstate New York, he...
Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870. He ran it until 1897 and remained its largest shareholder. In his retirement, he focused his energy and wealth on philanthropy, especially regarding education, medicine, higher education, and modernizing the Southern United States.
Nov 1, 2015 · John D. Backe, 83, of Gladwyne, the CBS chief executive who led the network to reclaim its top prime-time TV ranking in the 1970s, only to be forced out in a power struggle, died Thursday, Oct. 22, of heart failure at Waverly Heights.
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Jul 10, 2019 · John D. Rockefeller (July 8, 1839–May 23, 1937) was an astute businessman who became America’s first billionaire in 1916. In 1870, Rockefeller founded Standard Oil Company, which eventually became a domineering monopoly in the oil industry.
