Sumner Redstone
1923 - 2020
American billionaire businessman and media executive.
Was Sumner Redstone Jewish?
Yes, Sumner Redstone was Jewish.
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Redstone bought Viacom in 1987, splitting it off from CBS in 2005, and chairing it until 2016.
• His daughter, Shari Redstone, oversaw Viacom's eventual merger with CBS to form ViacomCBS, which became Paramount Global in 2022, and merged with Skydance in 2025.
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2020
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