Lucille "Lucie" Salhany is an American media executive of Jordanian and Lebanese Heritage.
18 Facts About Lucie Salhany
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Lucie Salhany has had over 30 years of experience in the entertainment business, and during the height of her career, was one of the most powerful women at the C-Suite level.
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Lucie Salhany was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to father Halim "Hal" Jacob Mady, who was Jordanian, and mother Matilda "Tillie" Mady, who was Lebanese.
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Lucie Salhany graduated from Brush High School in Lyndhurst, Ohio, in 1964.
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Lucie Salhany attended Kent State University but after dropping out at age 19, she did not continue her education after more than a year.
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In 1967, Lucie Salhany got a job as a secretary to the Program Manager at an independent TV station in Cleveland called WKBF-TV.
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Lucie Salhany was continuously promoted, and after training by her boss, when she was 24, she took over his position as Program Manager of the station.
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In 1975, Lucie Salhany became program manager of the Boston TV station, WLVI-TV.
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In 1979, Lucie Salhany become Vice President for Programming for Taft Broadcasting Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Lucie Salhany was responsible for bringing then local Chicago talk-show host, Oprah Winfrey to Taft in a syndication deal.
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In 1985, Lucie Salhany moved to Paramount Domestic Television in Los Angeles as president and supervised the production of shows like Entertainment Tonight, The Arsenio Hall Show, Hard Copy, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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In 1991, former Paramount colleague and newly hired FOX Broadcasting CEO Barry Diller asked Lucie Salhany to become Chairman of Twentieth Television.
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In 1993, Lucie Salhany was responsible for the development the late night show, The Chevy Chase Show, but it was canceled after 6 weeks on air, and was not well received by critics or affiliates alike.
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Lucie Salhany claimed Murdoch, in meetings in front of others, asked if she was a "fem-Nazi" and what her husband would think of things.
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Lucie Salhany was Chief Executive Officer of UPN from 1995 to 1997.
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In 1997, after leaving UPN, Lucie Salhany moved to Boston, where her husband is based, and started a media consultancy business called JH Media.
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Lucie Salhany joined the Hewlett-Packard Board of Directors in January 2002, in connection with the acquisition of Compaq Computer Corporation.
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Lucie Salhany was appointed to the Audit Committee in September 2006.