Brent Redstone (born 1951) is an American lawyer, heir and

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Biography

Brent Dale Redstone was born in 1951, the son of

Sumner Redstone Sumner Murray Redstone ( Rothstein; May 27, 1923 – August 11, 2020) was an American billionaire businessman and media magnate. He was the founder and chairman of the second incarnation of Viacom which was dissolved in 2019 (a year before Redst ...

, né Rothstein, and Phyllis Gloria Raphael. He is the brother of

Shari Redstone Shari Ellin Redstone (born April 14, 1954) is an American media executive with a background in numerous aspects of the entertainment industry and related ventures. She currently serves as the non-executive chairwoman of Paramount Global (formerly ...

, and grandson of

Michael Redstone Michael "Mickey" Redstone (born Max Rothstein; April 11, 1902 – April 4, 1987) was an American entrepreneur and founder of the Northeast Theater Corporation'','' now National Amusements, Inc. Biography Redstone was born on April 11, 1902 in Bo ...

. He has two daughters, one of them Keryn Redstone. His family is

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Career

Like his father, Brent graduated from

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and became a lawyer. He earned a J.D. degree from Syracuse University in 1976. Also like his father, Brent worked as an attorney – practicing as a criminal prosecutor in

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for 14 years – prior to joining National Amusements, the family business. He is currently Licensed by the Colorado Bar Association. During his brief tenure at

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, Brent was removed from the board of parent company National Amusements, Inc., in 2003. In 2006, he sued his father and sister, later dropping the lawsuit after an undisclosed settlement was reached, which reportedly included the buyout of Brent's one-sixth stake in National Amusements. Shari Redstone owned 20% of National Amusements and Sumner Redstone owned 80%. National Amusements holds a controlling stake in

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, Paramount Pictures, and are equal partners in MovieTickets.com. In 2016, the Redstone family entered into legalities over whether Sumner Redstone is mentally competent. At the time, he used an

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to communicate.

References

External links

National Amusements"THE DISTURBING DECLINE OF SUMNER REDSTONE (PART 1 OF 3)", by Peter Elkind with Marty Jones; ''Fortune''; MAY 5, 2016."Movie heir stars in billion-dollar suit", by Greg Griffin; ''The Denver Post''; February 24, 2006.
He now uses an iPad to communicate. ttps://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/03/sumner-redstone-communicates-with-an-ipad-programmed-with-a-profanity.html CNBC article American entertainment industry businesspeople American mass media owners 20th-century American Jews Brent Harvard University alumni 1951 births Living people Syracuse University College of Law alumni 21st-century American Jews {{US-business-bio-1950s-stub