Robert D. Marcus is a business executive in the

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industry. He was the former CEO of

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Biography

Marcus was born to a

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family and graduated

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from

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

. He went on to earn a J.D. from the Columbia Law School.

Career

Marcus practiced law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison for seven years. Marcus was also director of

TW Telecom TW Telecom (styled tw telecom), was a business telecommunications company headquartered in Littleton, Colorado, United States. The company provided business voice services, transport, Internet, data services and wholesale fiber capacity. It w ...

, and editor of the Columbia Law Review. Marcus joined

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Di ...

parent company Time Warner (now

WarnerMedia Warner Media, LLC ( traded as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate. It was headquartered at the 30 Hudson Yards complex in New York City, United States. It was originally established in 1972 by ...

) in 1998. He held the role of

Chief Operating Officer A chief operating officer or chief operations officer, also called a COO, is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, composing part of the "C-suite". The COO is usually the second-in-command at the firm, especially if t ...

. He was responsible for Time Warner Cable's derivation from Time Warner and its shift to a publicly traded company. Marcus also worked as President, Senior Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President of

Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...

, Acting Chief Financial Officer,

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, Head of Business Strategy Development and

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, Senior VP of Content Businesses, Executive VP of

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and VP of Mergers and Acquisitions. In 2014, Marcus was the CEO and Chairman of Time Warner Cable until the company was purchased by Charter Communications in May 2016. In October 2016, the

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Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee mistakenly announced that Marcus was being called to testify before Congress in regards to a proposed merger of

Time Warner Warner Media, LLC ( traded as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate. It was headquartered at the 30 Hudson Yards complex in New York City, United States. It was originally established in 1972 by ...

and

AT&T AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world's largest telecommunications company by revenue and the third largest provider of mobile tel ...

. Marcus serves on the board of directors of

Equifax Equifax Inc. is an American multinational consumer credit reporting agency headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and is one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, along with Experian and TransUnion (together known as the "Big Thr ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marcus, Robert Living people Brown University alumni Columbia Law School alumni 20th-century American Jews Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison people American chief executives in the media industry American chief operating officers American chief financial officers American corporate directors Equifax people 1965 births 21st-century American Jews