Richard D. Parsons, a pioneering Black business executive who led Time Warner after its disastrous merger with AOL and had a hand in untangling some of the media industry’s knottiest dilemmas ...

He also removed the AOL from the merged company’s name, restoring Time Warner’s dominance of the corporation, Parsons would step down from the company as CEO and chairman, respectively, in ...

Richard Parsons helped Time Warner divorce from AOL after what was considered one of the worst takeovers in history. He was also chairman of Citigroup, helping to stabilize the banking giant in ...

Richard Parsons, the Time Warner CEO from 2002-2007 when the media conglomerate was recovering from the epic fail of the AOL merger who later became to interim chairman of CBS to right its ship ...