George Bodenheimer is an ESPN and cable industry pioneer and was the company’s longest-tenured president, a position he held from 1998 to 2011, overseeing all multimedia sports assets of The Walt Disney Company from 2003 to 2011 and serving as co-chairman, Disney Media Networks, from 2004 to 2011. He served as executive chairman of ESPN, […]
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George Bodenheimer, former president of ESPN, and his new memoir
George Bodenheimer was hired at ESPN in 1981 into the mailroom and ended up leading the company as president through some of its most dynamic years of growth and expansion from 1998-2011. His new memoir “EVERY TOWN IS A SPORTS TOWN: Business Leadership at ESPN, from the Mailroom to the Boardroom”, with Donald T. Phillips […]