Sue Naegle is an

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business executive. She was the president of

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Entertainment from 2008 until 2013, when she departed and formed her own production company. She formerly worked as chief content officer at

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. In August 2012, she was recognized as the 46th most powerful woman in the world by ''

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''.

Early life and education

Naegle grew up in

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. She graduated from

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in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in telecommunications.

Career

Naegle began her career in the mail room at

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. Two years later, she became one of their agents and went on to be named a partner and a director of the agency's TV department by 1999. While there, she is credited with developing several successful programs, including

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and the

dramas Six Feet Under and

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. In 2008, she was named President of HBO Entertainment, overseeing all original series and remained in that position until 2013. HBO's

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, and

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were all developed under her leadership. In August 2012, she was recognized as the 46th most powerful woman in the world by ''

''. In the last year of her tenure, HBO won 27

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. After her departure, she formed her own production company Naegle Ink. She is an executive producer of the

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series Outcast which began production in 2015. In 2016, she was named the head of

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, a division of

. In 2019, she was named chief content officer of

, where she oversaw TV, film, and theatre development. In March 2022, Naegle departed the company.

Personal life

She was married to comedian

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and has three daughters adopted from China named Liu Liu, Alice, and Nell.

References

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