Dictionary of Jewish Biography

PALEY, WILLIAM

Paley, William: translation

(1901-90)
American media executive. Born in Chicago to immigrants from the Ukraine, he studied at the University of Pennsylvania and joined his father's cigar manufac-turing company. Later he became president of the Columbia Broadcasting System.

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