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Entered the film industry when his father-in-law's limousine rental service expanded to include Kinney Systems parking lots, which then bought Ashley Famous Talent Agency and Warner Bros.-7 Arts in 1969. By 1972, the dynamic Ross held the titles of chairman of the board and president and CEO of Warner Communications. He was a key figure in expanding Warners into the realm of cable, and kept the company from being bought out when the failure of Atari resulted in a sharp decline in Warners stock....
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Filmography

The Basketball Diaries - ( Song / 1995 / Released / CFP Distribution )
Under Siege - ( Song / 1992 / Released / )
Doom Asylum - ( Director of Photography(- director of photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit)) / 1987 / Released / Filmworld Distributors )

TV Credits
My Daughter's Secret Life ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Young Love, First Love ( 1979 / Released ): Actor
The Clone Master ( 1978 / Released ): Actor

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Entered the film industry when his father-in-law's limousine rental service expanded to include Kinney Systems parking lots, which then bought Ashley Famous Talent Agency and Warner Bros.-7 Arts in 1969. By 1972, the dynamic Ross held the titles of chairman of the board and president and CEO of Warner Communications. He was a key figure in expanding Warners into the realm of cable, and kept the company from being bought out when the failure of Atari resulted in a sharp decline in Warners stock. In 1989 Ross was named co-chairman and co-CEO of the newly formed powerhouse Time Warner Inc. Until his untimely death from prostate complications in 1993, he shared power with Gerald Levin. Among the seasoned executive's last deeds was the greenlighting and support of Steven Spielberg's landmark "Schindler's List" (1993), a film the director dedicated to Ross.

Profession(s):
executive
Sometimes Credited As:
Steven J Ross
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Family
daughter:Nicole Ross (mother, Courtney Sale Ross)
daughter:Toni Ross (mother, Carol Rosenthal Ross; married to Jeff Soloway, with whom she owns Nick & Tony's restaurant in East Hampton NY)
son:Mark Ross (mother, Carol Rosenthal Ross)
wife:Amanda Burden (second wife; married in 1980; went through a difficult divorce after 16 months; daughter of Barbara 'Babe' Paley and stepdaughter of CBS chairman William S. Paley)
wife:Carol Ross (married c. 1954; divorced in 1978; her father Edward owned a successful funeral parlor named the Riverside; remarried; motehr of Ross' two older children)
wife:Courtney Sale Ross (third wife; married in 1982; survived him; produced "Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones" (1990))

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Education
Paul Smith's College BA 1948
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1991 Began treatments for prostate cancer in November
1989 Became co-chairman and co-CEO, Time Warner Inc. after merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
1983 Warner stock declined after Atari went belly up; Ross sold 20 percent of Warner to investor Herbert J. Siegel to prevent Rupert Murdoch from buying Warner
1980 Suffered a heart attack
1972 Rose to chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Warner Communications Inc.
1971 Led Warner into buying cable properties
1969 Bought Ashley Famous talent agency and (for $400 million) Warner Bros.-Seven Arts film studios and record business
1966 Purchased National Cleaning Contractors
1966 - 1972 Became president and director of Kinney Services Inc.
1962 Merged businesses once again with father-in-law's funeral parlor operation; went public with conglomerate "Kinney Service Corp."
Began career working for father-in-law's limousine rental service; expanded service to include Kinney System parking lots

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