Dana Walden Biography

Dana Walden is an American businesswoman. She currently serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Television Group.
Dana Freedman was born in Los Angeles circa 1965. Her father was in the travel industry and her mother was a dancer. As a teenager Walden rode show hunters competitively. She earned a degree in communications from the University of Southern California.
Following her graduation Walden worked for the public relations firm Bender Goldman & Helper as Larry Goldman's assistant. She spent five years there rising to the role of vice president. She then managed marketing and communications for talk show host Arsenio Hall. She worked on campaigns for The Arsenio Hall Show and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Media executive Lucie Salhany recruited Walden to work in public relations for 20th Century Fox Television in 1992. Following a Jerry Maguire moment during a presentation at a Fox corporate retreat in the mid-1990s Walden was made a programming executive.
In 1999 Walden and Gary Newman were made co-chairs and CEOs of the Fox studio. In 2014 the pair were promoted to chairman-CEOs of Fox Television Group.

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