| John Kluge AKA John Werner Kluge Born: 21-Sep-1914
Birthplace: Chemnitz, Germany
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Media mogul, Metromedia, Inc. Military service: US Army (Intelligence, 1941-45) Sold Metromedia, Inc. to Rupert Murdoch in 1986 for $4 billion, forming what is now the Fox network. The sale made him the richest man in America. He was worth $10.5 billion in 2004, according to Forbes.
Donated $25M to Columbia University in 1987. Wife: Theodora Thomson (m. 1946, div.)
Wife: Yolanda Zucco (m. 1969, div.)
Daughter: Samantha
Son: Joseph
Wife: Patricia Rose Gay ("Pat", former belly dancer, m. 1981, div. 1990)
Son: John W. Kluge II (b. circa 1982)
Wife: Maria Tussi Kluge
University: Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
University: BA Economics, Columbia University (1937)
Metromedia CEO (1961-86)
Member of the Board of Bear Stearns
Member of the Board of Occidental Petroleum
Chemical Bank National Advisory Board
Manufacturers Hanover Advisory Council
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee
Friends of Joe Lieberman
Gore 2000
Joe Lieberman for President
National Association of Broadcasters
New Republican Majority Fund
Santorum 2000
Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame
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