>>9132566Ann Marie Sarnoff (née Misiaszek; born c. 1961)[1] is an American television executive.[2] She became the chairperson and CEO of Warner Bros. in the summer of 2019.[3] Sarnoff is the first woman to hold the position at the company.[4]
From 2010 to 2015, Sarnoff was chief operating officer of BBC Worldwide North America
In 1990, Sarnoff married Richard Sarnoff, a former media executive who works in private equity.[1][10][28] They live in New York City and have two children.[7][9][13] She will relocate to Los Angeles for her position at Warner Bros.[3]
Sarnoff's husband's great uncle, David Sarnoff, was the long-time chairman of RCA, a pioneer of American television and radio, and was known as "The General" or "General Sarnoff".[29] He is credited with founding NBC in 1926.[2]
David Sarnoff was born to a Jewish family in Uzlyany, a small town in the Pale of Settlement of the Russian Empire, now part of Belarus, the son of Abraham and Leah Sarnoff.
