Barry Diller
(1942 - living) U.S.A.
Enterteinment executive
Billionaire, philanthropist, and chairman and CEO of USA Interactive (which includes the Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, Match.com, Expedia, Hotels.com); former chairman and CEO of Silver King Communciations, QVC, and Fox (he turned Fox into the "fourth network" to challenge the then-domination of American prime time television by ABC, CBS, and NBC).
In March 2003 Diller stepped down as chairman and chief executive of Vivendi Universal Entertainment (which he joined in 1997) to focus on USA Interactive; Diller was listed #9 on Vanity Fair's The New Establishment 2002 ranking of the 50 most powerful leaders of the information age, and he was also listed #4 on the gfn.com (Gay Financial Network) 1999 list of the 25 most influential out gay and lesbian executives in corporate America.
He married designer Diane Von Furstenburg on February 2, 2001.
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