David Westin
Businessperson, Award Winner
1952 –
Who is David Westin?
David Westin is the Principal of Witherbee Holdings, LLC, advising and investing in media companies. He was the President and CEO of NewsRight from 2011 to 2012. Before that, he was president of ABC News, responsible for all aspects of ABC News’ television broadcasts, including World News with Diane Sawyer, Nightline, Good Morning America, 20/20, Primetime, This Week with Christiane Amanpour, and World News Now, and ABC News Radio. During his tenure, ABC News received eleven George Foster Peabody Awards, 13 Alfred I DuPont Awards, four George Polk Awards, more than 40 News and Documentary Emmys, and more than 40 Edward R. Murrow Awards. On September 6, 2010, Westin announced he would retire from ABC, but would remain until the end of the year to give the company time to find a replacement. One news report said Westin was forced out by Disney CEO Robert Iger, but others reported that he had decided to pursue other interests—with one saying that he "got to announce his departure on his own terms."
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- Born
- Jul 29, 1952
Flint - Spouses
- Sherrie Rollins Westin
(1998 - )
- Sherrie Rollins Westin
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Michigan
- University of Michigan Law School
- Pioneer High School
- Lived in
- Ann Arbor
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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