Broke and in debt at 33 — then he built MTV (co-founder Tom Freston)
About Tom
- Co-founded MTV and helped grow it to 150+ countries
- Former CEO of Viacom, overseeing Paramount Pictures
- Led MTV Networks for 17 years; oversaw Nickelodeon, VH1, Comedy Central
- Author of UNPLUGGED: Adventures from MTV to Timbuktu
- Board Chair of The ONE Campaign; board roles at Imagine Entertainment, New America
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Tom Freston is a co-founder of MTV and former CEO of Viacom. He joins Masters of Scale host Jeff Berman to dig into the wild stories and meaningful lessons from his life as an unconventional corporate leader. Tom reveals how MTV’s audience-first mentality and “subway car” approach to hiring helped the network scale into a cultural icon.
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