Stuart Subotnick

{{short description|American businessman and media magnate (born 1942)}}

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Stuart Subotnick (born February 10, 1942) is an American businessman and media magnate.{{cite web|url=http://files.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=21064 |title=Anstu Stables|publisher=NTRA |access-date=October 18, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Mitchell |first=Eric |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/6818/an-owners-profile-stuart-subotnick |title=An Owner's Profile: Stuart Subotnick |publisher=BloodHorse.com |access-date=October 17, 2013}} He is chief executive officer and president of Metromedia Company, Inc.

In 1999, he was the 398th-wealthiest person in the U.S, with a net worth of 650 million dollars,{{cite web|url=http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/092499/bus_forbes1.html |title=Forbes 400 Richest-List |publisher=Jacksonville.com |date=September 24, 1999 |access-date=October 18, 2013}} and in 2002, he was one of America's 500 wealthiest people. He was the longtime right-hand-man and chief financial officer of billionaire John Kluge, who at one time was the richest man in America.{{cite web |url=http://www.readthehook.com/66663/john-kluge-benevolent-billionaire-goes-out-style |title=John Kluge: The benevolent billionaire goes out in style |publisher=The Hook |access-date=October 18, 2013 |archive-date=October 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018044055/http://www.readthehook.com/66663/john-kluge-benevolent-billionaire-goes-out-style |url-status=dead }}

Biography

Subotnick was born into a Jewish family,Silbiger, Steve [https://books.google.com/books?id=2CAGE9yJcm8C&q=subotnick&pg=silverman The Jewish Phenomenon: Seven Keys to the Enduring Wealth of a People] p. 91 and grew up in a housing project in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He has a brother and a sister. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from Baruch College in 1962, a JD degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1968, and an LLM degree from New York University Law School in 1974.{{cite web|url=http://www1.cuny.edu/abtcuny/trustees/thismnth/CAL907.pdf |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131018033202/http://www1.cuny.edu/abtcuny/trustees/thismnth/CAL907.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2013 |title=BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK |access-date=October 18, 2013}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LrCgrhhJmqQC&q=Stuart+Subotnick&pg=PA65 |title=Wireless Nation: The Frenzied Launch of the Cellular Revolution |author=James B. Murray |date= October 17, 2002|publisher=Basic Books |isbn=9780738206882 |access-date=October 17, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/information/board-of-directors/ |title=Board of Directors | New York Racing Association – Aqueduct |publisher=Nyra.com |access-date=October 18, 2013}}

He is CEO and president of Metromedia Company, Inc., a privately held diversified Delaware general partnership owned by billionaire John Kluge. Subotnick was general partner and Executive Vice President of Metromedia starting in 1986. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the company since 2010.

He became a director of Carnival Corporation in 1987, and a director of Carnival plc in 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/stuart-subotnick-1/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019122546/http://www.forbes.com/profile/stuart-subotnick-1/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |title=Stuart Subotnick |work=Forbes |date=April 18, 2012 |access-date=October 17, 2013}}

He serves as Presiding Director at Carnival plc.{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=372208&privcapId=21389&previousCapId=258823&previousTitle=CARNIVAL%20CORP |title=Stuart Subotnick: Executive Profile & Biography |publisher=businessweek.com |access-date=October 17, 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

He has been Senior Independent Director at Carnival PLC since April 2003. He serves as a Director of Carnival Cruise Lines Inc.

He served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Orion Pictures Corporation from 1992 to July 1997. He co-founded Big City Radio Inc. in 1994. He has been Chairman of the company since that year.

He was a member of the board of directors of AboveNet, Inc. from July 1997 to July 2012. He serves as a Trustee of Central Park Conservancy.

From 1995 to 2001, he co-owned the New York/New Jersey MetroStars of Major League Soccer. In 2002, he owned a 330-acre thoroughbred racing farm – Anstu Stables, Inc.{{cite web|last=Mitchell |first=Eric |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/6818/an-owners-profile-stuart-subotnick |title=An Owner's Profile: Stuart Subotnick |publisher=BloodHorse.com |access-date=October 18, 2013}} He serves on the board of trustees for the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan.[https://www.parkeastsynagogue.org/about-us/board/ Park East Synagogue Board of Trustees] retrieved September 10, 2014 In 2022, Subotnick was inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame for his position in the cellular community.{{cite news|last1=Wireless History Foundation |title= Stuart Subotnick|url=https://wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/stuart-subotnick/|accessdate=March 19, 2024|work=Wireless Hall of Fame|date= 2022}}

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