# Stuart Subotnick

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{{short description|American businessman and media magnate (born 1942)}}
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'''Stuart Subotnick''' (born February 10, 1942) is an American businessman and media magnate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=21064 |title=Anstu Stables|publisher=NTRA |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref><ref name="bloodhorse1">{{cite web|last=Mitchell |first=Eric |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/6818/an-owners-profile-stuart-subotnick |title=An Owner's Profile: Stuart Subotnick |publisher=BloodHorse.com |access-date=October 17, 2013}}</ref>  He is chief executive officer and president of [Metromedia](/source/Metromedia) Company, Inc.

In 1999, he was the 398th-wealthiest person in the U.S, with a [net worth](/source/net_worth) of 650 million dollars,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/092499/bus_forbes1.html |title=Forbes 400 Richest-List |publisher=Jacksonville.com |date=September 24, 1999 |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> and in 2002, he was one of America's 500 wealthiest people.<ref name="bloodhorse1"/>  He was the longtime right-hand-man and chief financial officer of billionaire [John Kluge](/source/John_Kluge), who at one time was the richest man in America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.readthehook.com/66663/john-kluge-benevolent-billionaire-goes-out-style |title=John Kluge: The benevolent billionaire goes out in style |publisher=The Hook |access-date=October 18, 2013 |archive-date=October 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018044055/http://www.readthehook.com/66663/john-kluge-benevolent-billionaire-goes-out-style |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Biography==
Subotnick was born into a [Jewish](/source/American_Jews) family,<ref>Silbiger, Steve [https://books.google.com/books?id=2CAGE9yJcm8C&q=subotnick&pg=silverman The Jewish Phenomenon: Seven Keys to the Enduring Wealth of a People] p. 91</ref> and grew up in a [housing project](/source/housing_project) in [Williamsburg, Brooklyn](/source/Williamsburg%2C_Brooklyn). He has a brother and a sister.<ref name="bloodhorse1"/>  He earned a [Bachelor of Business Administration](/source/Bachelor_of_Business_Administration) degree in accounting from [Baruch College](/source/Baruch_College) in 1962, a [JD](/source/Juris_Doctor) degree from [Brooklyn Law School](/source/Brooklyn_Law_School) in 1968, and an [LLM](/source/Master_of_Laws) degree from [New York University Law School](/source/New_York_University_Law_School) in 1974.<ref name="bloodhorse1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.cuny.edu/abtcuny/trustees/thismnth/CAL907.pdf |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131018033202/http://www1.cuny.edu/abtcuny/trustees/thismnth/CAL907.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2013 |title=BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LrCgrhhJmqQC&q=Stuart+Subotnick&pg=PA65 |title=Wireless Nation: The Frenzied Launch of the Cellular Revolution |author=James B. Murray |date= October 17, 2002|publisher=Basic Books |isbn=9780738206882 |access-date=October 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="businessweek1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/information/board-of-directors/ |title=Board of Directors &#124; New York Racing Association – Aqueduct |publisher=Nyra.com |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref>

He is CEO and president of [Metromedia](/source/Metromedia) Company, Inc., a privately held diversified Delaware general partnership owned by billionaire [John Kluge](/source/John_Kluge).<ref name="businessweek1"/>  Subotnick was general partner and Executive Vice President of Metromedia starting in 1986.<ref name="forbes1"/>  He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the company since 2010.<ref name="forbes1"/>

He became a director of [Carnival Corporation](/source/Carnival_Corporation) in 1987, and a director of [Carnival plc](/source/Carnival_plc) in 2003.<ref name="forbes1">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/stuart-subotnick-1/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019122546/http://www.forbes.com/profile/stuart-subotnick-1/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |title=Stuart Subotnick |work=Forbes |date=April 18, 2012 |access-date=October 17, 2013}}</ref>  
He serves as Presiding Director at Carnival plc.<ref name="businessweek1">{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=372208&privcapId=21389&previousCapId=258823&previousTitle=CARNIVAL%20CORP |title=Stuart Subotnick: Executive Profile & Biography |publisher=businessweek.com |access-date=October 17, 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>  
He has been Senior Independent Director at Carnival PLC since April 2003.<ref name="businessweek1"/>  He serves as a Director of Carnival Cruise Lines Inc.<ref name="businessweek1"/>

He served as Vice Chairman of the Board of [Orion Pictures Corporation](/source/Orion_Pictures_Corporation) from 1992 to July 1997.<ref name="businessweek1"/> He co-founded Big City Radio Inc. in 1994.<ref name="businessweek1"/>  He has been Chairman of the company since that year.<ref name="businessweek1"/>

He was a member of the board of directors of [AboveNet, Inc.](/source/AboveNet%2C_Inc.) from July 1997 to July 2012.<ref name="businessweek1"/><ref name="forbes1"/>  He serves as a Trustee of [Central Park Conservancy](/source/Central_Park_Conservancy).<ref name="businessweek1"/>

From 1995 to 2001, he co-owned the [New York/New Jersey MetroStars](/source/New_York%2FNew_Jersey_MetroStars) of [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer). In 2002, he owned a 330-acre thoroughbred racing farm – Anstu Stables, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mitchell |first=Eric |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/6818/an-owners-profile-stuart-subotnick |title=An Owner's Profile: Stuart Subotnick |publisher=BloodHorse.com |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> He serves on the board of trustees for the [Park East Synagogue](/source/Park_East_Synagogue) in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan).<ref>[https://www.parkeastsynagogue.org/about-us/board/ Park East Synagogue Board of Trustees] retrieved September 10, 2014</ref> In 2022, Subotnick was inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame for his position in the cellular community.<ref name="Stuart Subotnick">{{cite news|last1=Wireless History Foundation |title= Stuart Subotnick|url=https://wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/stuart-subotnick/|accessdate=March 19, 2024|work=Wireless Hall of Fame|date= 2022}}</ref>

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