Frank J Biondi Jr

Sr. Managing Director, WaterView Advisors LLC; former president and CEO of Viacom Inc and former chairman and CEO of Universal Studios

Frank Biondi Jr., the seasoned entertainment business executive who served tenures as the CEO of HBO, Viacom and Universal Studios, died Monday November 25 2019 of cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was 74. Senior Managing Director, WaterView Advisors LLC. Continuing Bank of New York Director. Mr. Biondi served as a director of The Bank of New York Company, Inc. from 1995 to 2007. Mr. Biondi has served as Senior Managing Director of WaterView Advisors LLC (formerly Biondi, Reiss Capital Management LLC), an investment adviser to WaterView Partners LLC, a private equity limited partnership focused on media and entertainment, since 1999. Mr. Biondi is currently a director of Amgen, Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp., Hasbro, Inc. and Seagate Technology. Biondi grew up in New Jersey, the son of a Bell Telephone executive. After graduating from Livingston High School in 1962, he earned a BA in psychology from Princeton University in 1966 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1968. He married ABC research executive Carol Oughton in 1974. His other survivors include a daughter, Jane.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

ViaSat, Inc. Broadband services, and satellite and wireless networks

• Position ('15→?)

Amgen Inc. Biotechnology

• Director (Board of Directors); Chairman (Audit Committee) (?→'15)

Universal Studios

• CEO ('96→'98)

Paramount Global On December 4, 2019, Viacom Inc. merged into CBS Corporation; on February 16 2022 the combined company was renamed Paramount

• President & CEO ('87→'96)

Board Memberships

Hasbro Provides children's and family leisure entertainment products. Revenues are $5 billion.

• Director ('02→?)

Amgen Inc. Biotechnology

• Director ('02→?)

AMC Networks

• Board Member ('19→?)

Seagate Technology plc

• Board Member

Seagate Technology company

• Member, Board of Directors ('05→?)

Cablevision Systems

• Member, Board of Directors ('05→?)

Yahoo! Inc. Global internet service for consumers and businesses

• Board Member (Aug '08→?)

Bank of New York Mellon Huge banking and financial services holding company

• Director ('07→?)

Donations

Andrew Cuomo former governor of New York State

• 2 contributions · 4,000 USD (May 26 '01→Dec 22 '05)

H Carl McCall Chairman, SUNY; former NYS Comptroller

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Oct 15 '02)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

1 / 11

Dcccc Non-Federal Account 5

• 1 contribution · 50,000 USD ('00)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 4 contributions · 39,004 USD ('92→Aug 20 '16)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Political Fundraising Committee for Democratic Senatorial Candidates

• 9 contributions · 27,200 USD ('92→Mar 7 '12)

Hillary Victory Fund

• 1 contribution · 26,704 USD (Aug 20 '16)

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 9 contributions · 24,500 USD ('99→Aug 20 '16)

Viacom International Inc. Political Action Committee

• 40 contributions · 15,150 USD ('89→'94)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Committee to elect Democratic Congressmembers

• 6 contributions · 14,000 USD (Jun 12 '03→Jul 30 '07)

DNC-Non-Federal Individual

• 1 contribution · 10,000 USD ('96)

Barbara Boxer Former US Senator and Representative from California

• 10 contributions · 9,600 USD ('95→'07)

John Kerry 68th US Secretary of State, Senator from Massachusetts

• 12 contributions · 9,000 USD ('89→'03)

Family

Jane Biondi

• daughter

Carol Oughton Biondi Research executive, ABC television

• wife ('74→Nov 25 '19)*

Schools

Harvard Business School

• MBA (?→'68)

Princeton University Ivy League University in Princeton, New Jersey

• BA ('62→'66)