Terry Semel
Terry Semel | |
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Spouse(s) | Maryann Semel (divorced) Jane (Bovingdon) Semel (m. 1977 - present) |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | Mildred Wenig Semel Ben Semel |
Terence Steven Semel (born February 24, 1943) is an American
Early life
Semel was born to a Jewish family[1][2] in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Mildred (née Wenig) and Ben Semel.[3] His father was a women's coat designer and his mother was a bus company executive. He was raised in Bay Terrace, a community in Bayside, Queens. He was the middle child, and has two sisters.[4] At the age of 23, he graduated from Long Island University in Brooklyn with a B.S. degree in accounting.
Career
Semel began working at Warner Bros. in 1965 as a trainee.[5] From 1970 to 1972, Semel worked for CBS corporation's theatrical film production company, Cinema Center Films, as domestic sales manager.
CBS closed Cinema Center Films in 1972 and Semel moved to
In 1975, Semel returned to Warner Bros. Distribution as president, then moved into studio operations as an executive vice president in 1979. Frank Wells announced he was taking a less active role the company in 1981, Semel became president and chief operating officer of Warner Bros. on January 1, 1982.
In 1994, Warner Bros. Chairman and Chief Executive Robert A. Daly announced that Semel would become his co-chairman and CEO. The following year, the two men also became co-chairmen and co-chief executives of Warner Music following the firing of Michael J. Fuchs.
Both Daly and Semel resigned from Warner Bros. in July 1999.
Yahoo compensation
In April 2001, Semel was granted stock options with an SEC Fair Value of over $110 million as a bonus to join Yahoo. In June 2006, his annual salary was reduced to one dollar.
Yahoo!-China cooperation controversy
As CEO, Semel approved
Interest in buying Google
After joining Yahoo, company founders
Lost chance to take over Facebook
Semel was given the mandate by Yahoo Board to buy Facebook for up to 1.2 billion dollars, Mark Zuckerberg having asked a price of one billion dollars. He tried to make it nonetheless for $850,000,000, and Zuckerberg stopped the negotiating process.
Resignation
Semel resigned as CEO due in part to pressure from shareholders' dissatisfaction over his compensation (in 2006, salary $1, stock options worth $70 million[citation needed]) and performance.
Semel ended his six-year tenure as chief executive officer Monday, June 18, 2007, and handed over the reins to co-founder
Other activities
Semel is Co-Chair Emeritus of the board of trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)[9] In 1995, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[10] In 2005, he was given the UCLA Medal, that University's highest honor, and the "Legend in Leadership Award" from the Chief Executive Leadership Institute of the Yale School of Management.
Personal life
In 1966, he married Maryann Soloway; they divorced in 1974.[11]
In 1977, he married Jane Bovingdon,[3] a former secretary to the actress Susan George.
He has a son, Eric Scott Semel (b. March 15, 1969),[12][13][14] and three daughters, Courtenay Semel (b. November 11, 1979),[15][16] Lily Bovingdon Semel (b. 1985), and Kate Bovingdon Semel (b. March, 1992).[citation needed].
In 2004, the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute was renamed the Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.[17]
Semel developed Alzheimer's disease, and began living in a nursing facility in 2016.[18]
See also
References
- ISBN 0-312-25391-5. Accessed August 25, 2011. "Semel, who was Jewish, worked his way up through an equally unglamorous side of the business — distribution — earning a reputation as cooldeal-maker and patient strategist."
- ^ Jewish Business News: "Former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel Praised for Leadership" August 22, 2014
- ^ a b The International Who's Who, 1997-98 p. 1361
- ^ Terry Semel Biography
- ^ Chmielewski, Dawn C.; Ostrom, Mary Anne (2014-08-13). "2003: Semel has a marquee role in Yahoo's success". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
- ^ Yahoo Defends China Cooperation, The Wall Street Journal
- ^ Olsen, Stefanie. "Yahoo CEO laments not buying Google". CNET. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ "Yahoo boss steps down from post". BBC. 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
- ^ "About LACMA".
- American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ "California, Divorce Index, 1966-1984". search.ancestry.com. Page 2,919 GRID J04. p. 1. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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- ^ Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnsonand; Roger Blitz. "BSkyB buys online sports group". Financial Times. London: Financial Times Ltd. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Owen Gibson (19 January 2004). "Company plans to control internet sports". The Guardian. London: Guardian UK. p. 1. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ People: "Ex-BFF: Lindsay Lohan Shows 'What Not to Do'" by David Caplan November 18, 2009
- ^ Curve Magazine: "Courtenay Semel: Hollywood's Most Wanted" by Diane Anderson-Munshall Archived 2017-10-01 at the Wayback Machine January 27, 2010
- ^ UCLA Newsroom: "Semel Family Donates to UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute to Promote Better Understanding of the Brain and Human Behavior" by Dan Page June 17, 2004
- ^ "Terry Semel's Alzheimer's battle: Inside the family war over the Hollywood titan's care - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. 2019-06-01. Archived from the original on 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2023-10-22.