Leslie Roy Moonves, a former chairman and chief executive officer of CBS Corporation (born October 6, 1949), resigned in September 2018 in the wake of many allegations of sexual harassment, assault, and abuse. He has been wed to TV celebrity Julie Chen since 2004.
Les Moonves held a number of executive positions at CBS from July 1995 until September 2018.
From 1999 to 2021, Les Moonves was a member of the ZeniMax Media board of directors. He also served as co-president and co-chief operational officer (COO) of the original Viacom, Inc., the legally recognized predecessor to CBS Corporation, from 2004 until December 2005.
Les Moonves was named CBS chairman in February 2016. After many women accused Moonves of sexual assault, he resigned from his position as CBS chairman in September 2018. Moonves is accused of destroying records of his inappropriate behavior.
According to several media estimates, Moonves received pay from CBS totaling more than US$800 million, including $68.4 million in 2017 and stock options worth more than $100 million.
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