Ann Marie Sarnoff is an American television executive.
15 Facts About Ann Sarnoff
1.
2.
Ann Sarnoff became the chairwoman and CEO of Warner Bros.
3.
Ann Sarnoff is a 1979 graduate of Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham, Massachusetts.
4.
In 1983, Ann Sarnoff received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from McDonough School of Business from Georgetown University.
5.
In 1987, Ann Sarnoff received a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.
6.
Ann Sarnoff started out as a strategic consultant at Marakon Associates.
7.
In 1999, while working at Nickelodeon, Sarnoff was part of a team that created the TV channel Noggin, a joint venture between Nickelodeon and Sesame Workshop.
8.
Ann Sarnoff served as executive vice-president of business strategy and program enterprises at VH1.
9.
In February 2004, Ann Sarnoff was chief operating officer of the Women's National Basketball Association.
10.
In 2006, Ann Sarnoff joined Dow Jones Ventures as president and senior vice president of strategy, a position she held for four years.
11.
From 2010 to 2015, Sarnoff was chief operating officer of BBC Worldwide North America, where she worked with Herb Scannell, who she had worked with at Nickelodeon.
12.
From 2016 to 2018, Ann Sarnoff was head of BBC Worldwide's Global Production Network.
13.
In 1990, Ann Sarnoff married Richard Ann Sarnoff, a former media executive who works in private equity.
14.
Ann Sarnoff relocated to Los Angeles for her position at Warner Bros.
15.
Ann Sarnoff is credited with founding NBC in 1926 and RKO Radio Pictures in 1928.