Robert Pittman

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Mr. Robert Pittman serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at iHeartMedia. Mr. Pittman is an Angel Investor. He served as an Advisor at Bambee. He served as a Board Member at Cantina and Art.sy. He also serves as a Board Member at Airtime and Robin Hood Foundation. He is Co-Founder, Co-Owner and serves as Board Member at Casa Dragones Tequila Company. Prior to adding the Chairmanship, he became the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He was also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CCOH and a director of CCOH. He served as Chairman of Media and Entertainment Platforms for the Company and iHeartCommunications. He also served as a Chairman at Clear Channel Outdoor. He was the founding member and investor in the Pilot Group LP (Pilot Group), a private equity investment company. He was formerly the Chief Operating Officer of AOL Time Warner, Inc. He also served as Co-Chief Operating Officer of AOL Time Warner, Inc., and as President and Chief Operating Officer of America Online, Inc. from February 1998 to January 2001. Earlier in his career, he was the programmer who led the team that created MTV and was later Chief Executive Officer of MTV Networks, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Time Warner Enterprises, Inc., and Century 21 Real Estate Corporation. He was selected to serve as a member of our Board because of his service as our Chief Executive Officer, as well as his extensive media experience gained through the course of his career. He went on to become Chief Operating Officer of America Online, Inc. and later of AOL Time Warner; founding member of the New York-based Pilot Group investment firm; and co-founder of Casa Dragones tequila. Pittman's career in audio began at age 15 as an on-air radio announcer in his native Mississippi. His recognitions include induction into the Advertising Hall of Fame and the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame; AdWeek's first "Media Visionary" award; and the fashion industry's Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Award. He is the former Chairman of the Board of the New York Public Theater and also of the New York-focused poverty-fighting Robin Hood Foundation.