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Mr. Jeff Zucker
President and Chief Executive Officer
NBC Universal

Jeff Zucker was named president and chief executive officer of NBC Universal in February 2007. With annual revenues of more than $16 billion, NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment content companies, with unparalleled expertise in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience across a variety of distribution platforms.

Zucker had served since December 2005 as chief executive officer of the NBC Universal Television Group. In this role, he was responsible for the strategic development and operations of NBC Universal's extensive portfolio of broadcast and cable television networks, which accounts for two-thirds of the company's overall revenues

Zucker has had a diversified 20-year career with NBC as a producer and business leader. He served as president of the NBC Universal Television Group from May 2004 until December 2005. Before that, he was president of the Entertainment, News & Cable Group since December 2003, and president of NBC Entertainment since December 2000. Before taking the helm of NBC Entertainment, Zucker spent nearly eight years as the executive producer of NBC News' Today.

During Zucker's tenure as head of NBC Entertainment, NBC's primetime, late-night, and daytime lineups all finished first in the key adults 18-49 demographic category for three consecutive seasons-a feat unmatched by any other network. Under his leadership at Today, the program was the nation's most-watched morning news show and the most profitable program on television. Zucker has also served as executive producer of NBC's coverage of several major events, including the "Decision 2000" election night broadcast, the 1993 and 1997 presidential inaugurations, and the Persian Gulf War.

Zucker was appointed executive producer of Today in January 1992 at age 26, which made him the youngest executive producer in the history of the program. He also served as executive producer of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw in February and March 1993, a post held concurrently with his role at Today.

Zucker joined NBC in 1986 as a researcher for NBC Sports' coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. From 1986 to 1988, he traveled the world, compiling and writing background information for NBC Sports commentators and producers. He joined NBC News as a field producer for Today in January 1989.

A five-time Emmy Award winner, Zucker graduated from Harvard College in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in American history. He served as president of The Harvard Crimson from 1985 to 1986. He and his wife, Caryn, live in New York with their four children.