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Who knew : my story / Barry Diller.
"A memoir by American businessman and Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC and Expedia Group, and founder of the Fox Broadcasting Company and USA Broadcasting"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668096871 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: viii, 321 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
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| Subject: | Diller, Barry. Chief executive officers > United States > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. Personal narratives. |
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The author shares candid insights on his personal and professional growth as he recounts his remarkable career, from starting in a mailroom to revolutionizing the TV industry and launching Fox, to building IAC into a multi-billion-dollar ecommerce empire. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
The author shares candid insights on his personal and professional growth as he recounts his remarkable career, from starting in a mailroom to revolutionizing the TV industry and launching Fox, to building IAC into a multi-billion-dollar e-commerce empire. - Simon and Schuster
Barry Diller, one of Americaâs most successful businessmen, reveals himself hereâhis successes, failures, and strugglesâwith surprising candor and intimacy in a memoir rich in Hollywood lore and filled with business acumen.
Writing in his singular voice, Barry Diller delivers an astute business memoir, an unvarnished look at Hollywood, a primer on media, and a surprisingly frank coming-of-age story.
âI want to work in the mail room at William Morris.â So begins Dillerâs show business life. Diller did not aspire to be an agent, nor was he a glove fit for William Morris, the legendary talent agency he describes as resembling a âJewish Vatican.â But he was a good assistant and student and took it all in.
Before long, Diller was offered a job at ABC. His ascent was meteoric, launching ABC TVâs Movie of the Week at age twenty-seven, becoming CEO of Paramount Pictures at age thirty-two, and launching the Fox TV network at age forty-four. Along the way, Diller oversaw the production of classic films such as Saturday Night Fever, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Home Alone (a film he credits with saving Rupert Murdochâs career) and hit TV shows such as The Simpsons, Marriedâ¦with Children, and Cops. He programmed and developed by instinctânot by research or data.
Dillerâs media savvy changed the course of American culture. His championing of Alex Haleyâs Roots put long-form miniseries on the map. He was never cowed by the talentâactors, directors, and producersâand worked with them all. Indeed, throughout his career, Diller championed âcreative conflict,â encouraging argument in every business he managed (âIâve never thought decision-making should be peaceful,â he writes). Diller also recognized our digital future, founding IAC and growing it into a billion-dollar constellation of brands, including Match, Tinder, and Expedia.
Moving beyond business, Diller recounts his family life, personal struggles, and regrets, his joyful marriage to Diane von Furstenburg, and where he has found fulfillment.
Intimate, candid, and moving, Who Knew is a different kind of business memoir, one that holds nothing back.
