Robert B. Clasen, Chairman and CEO, Starz, LLC

Robert B. Clasen is responsible for all business, strategic, organizational, legal and financial matters and for generating growth and new business opportunities for Starz Entertainment, Starz Media and Overture Films. Clasen joined Starz Entertainment in 2003 as president of sales and marketing. He was promoted to president and chief operating officer in June, 2004, and to president and CEO in November, 2004. As CEO he succeeded John J. Sie, the company's founder, who announced his retirement in June, 2004. Clasen has been nationally recognized for his outstanding leadership from a variety of organizations and publications including Industry Week, Women in Cable and Telecommunications (WICT), Channels and Irish America. He was selected by Cable Television Business as Executive of the Year in 1988 and as Convergence Pioneer by Cable World in 2000. He was inducted into the Cable Pioneers in 2001.