Gerald M. Levin

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For the Sharper Image Chairman, see Jerry W. Levin

Gerald M. "Jerry" Levin (b. 6 May 1939, Pennsylvania, USA) is an Jewish-American businessman. He attended Haverford College, where he is a member of the Board of Directors. Levin spent most of his career with Time Inc. (later Time Warner, then AOL Time Warner), starting as a programming executive for Home Box Office (HBO) and eventually becoming CEO of the corporation. Levin is probably most famous for having brokered the merger between AOL and Time Warner in 2000, at the height of the dot-com bubble, a merger which seemed to many to be disadvantageous to Time Warner as the bubble collapsed in the next few years.

[edit] Personal life

Levin has been married twice and is the father of three children, one of whom, Jonathan, a 31-year-old high school English teacher, was murdered on May 31, 1997, by one of his own students.

[edit] External links

• Gerald Levin's page at The Museum of Broadcast Communications' website
• Forbes Magazine article about Levin's resignation from AOL Time Warner
• October 20,1998 CNN.com news article discussing opening statements at the trial of Jonathan Levin's then suspected murderer
• Moonview Sanctuary: Gerald Levin's holistic treatment center based in Santa Monica, California

[edit] References

• Klein, Alec, Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner (Simon & Schuster, 2003) ISBN 0-7432-5984-X