Jeff Zucker Quotes
Would I consider a run for political office? Yes.
Zucker, Jeff. Interview. The New York Times, The New York Times Company, 2018.
When Disraeli first entered politics and tried to run for Parliament the notion that he would ever become Prime Minister was very unrealistic to everyone except Disraeli. In addition to no political experience at the time, he came from a Jewish background at a time when anti-Semitism was very common and acceptable to England. Even if he were not inexperienced and Jewish, he was not part of the British aristocracy and was not socially connected. He also had no large business and industrial connections and no important family connections. However, he was a marvelous writer and speaker, a very fast learner, and turned out to be a political natural. Most historians rate him as one of the two or three greatest British Prime Ministers.
Jeffrey Adam Zucker is an American media executive. He previously served as president and CEO of NBCUniversal. Zucker served as an executive in residence at Columbia Business School. In November 2012, Zucker was picked to take over as the president of CNN Worldwide in January 2013 after Jim Walton's tenure. Zucker oversees CNN, CNN International, HLN, and CNN Digital.