Dana Walden (born October 13, 1964) is an American businesswoman and
the Chairwoman of Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment.Dana
Freedman was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles in 1964. Her
father was in the travel industry and her mother was a dancer. As a
teenager, Walden rode show hunters competitively. She earned a degree
in communications from the University of Southern California.Following
her graduation, Walden worked for the public relations firm Bender,
Goldman & Helper as Larry Goldman's assistant. She spent five years
there, rising to the role of vice president. She then managed
marketing and communications for talk show host Arsenio Hall. She
worked on campaigns for The Arsenio Hall Show and Star Trek: The Next
Generation. Media executive Lucie Salhany recruited Walden to work in
public relations for 20th Century Fox Television in 1992. Following a
"Jerry Maguire moment" during a presentation at a Fox corporate
retreat in the mid-1990s, Walden was made a programming executive.In
1999, Walden and Gary Newman were made co-chairs and CEOs of the Fox
studio. In 2014, the pair were promoted to chairperson-CEOs of Fox
Television Group.
Dana Walden Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter
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