Going out on top
Bed Stuy's Own Dick Parson Steps Down As CEO of Time Warner
Wednesday, November 7th 2007
Daily News Editorial
You want a New York success story? Here's one. It's the story of Dick Parsons, who announced Monday he will be stepping down as Time Warner CEO at year's end.
Born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, reared in Queens, educated as a lawyer at SUNY Albany, Parsons served as legal adviser to Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, worked in the White House, built a career as a corporate lawyer, became chief operating officer of a major bank and climbed to the top of one of the world's largest media companies.
Along the way, Parsons helped rescue Harlem's storied Apollo Theater from decrepitude, and his accomplishments generated talk that maybe he would try to succeed Michael Bloomberg as mayor. Parsons' career is testament to how far a kid with smarts can go. Young New Yorkers might well find his story inspiring; young black New Yorkers, perhaps most of all.
Wednesday, November 7th 2007
Daily News Editorial
You want a New York success story? Here's one. It's the story of Dick Parsons, who announced Monday he will be stepping down as Time Warner CEO at year's end.
Born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, reared in Queens, educated as a lawyer at SUNY Albany, Parsons served as legal adviser to Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, worked in the White House, built a career as a corporate lawyer, became chief operating officer of a major bank and climbed to the top of one of the world's largest media companies.
Along the way, Parsons helped rescue Harlem's storied Apollo Theater from decrepitude, and his accomplishments generated talk that maybe he would try to succeed Michael Bloomberg as mayor. Parsons' career is testament to how far a kid with smarts can go. Young New Yorkers might well find his story inspiring; young black New Yorkers, perhaps most of all.
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