Shari Redstone
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Shari Redstone is an American media executive and heiress who controls National Amusements and plays a leading role in overseeing Paramount Global and CBS.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shari Redstone canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1181946 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shari Redstone Context triple: [Paramount Global, keyPerson, Shari Redstone]
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A.
Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider known for his aggressive activist investing strategies and significant influence on Wall Street.
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B.
Charles F. Dolan
Charles F. Dolan is an American cable television pioneer and media executive best known as the founder of HBO and Cablevision.
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C.
Preston Robert Tisch
Preston Robert Tisch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as co-owner of the New York Giants and former Postmaster General of the United States.
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D.
Laurence Tisch
Laurence Tisch was an American businessman and investor best known as the co-owner of Loews Corporation and former CEO of CBS.
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E.
Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shari Redstone Target entity description: Shari Redstone is an American media executive and heiress who controls National Amusements and plays a leading role in overseeing Paramount Global and CBS.
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A.
Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider known for his aggressive activist investing strategies and significant influence on Wall Street.
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B.
Charles F. Dolan
Charles F. Dolan is an American cable television pioneer and media executive best known as the founder of HBO and Cablevision.
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C.
Preston Robert Tisch
Preston Robert Tisch was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as co-owner of the New York Giants and former Postmaster General of the United States.
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D.
Laurence Tisch
Laurence Tisch was an American businessman and investor best known as the co-owner of Loews Corporation and former CEO of CBS.
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E.
Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heiress
ⓘ
human ⓘ media executive ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Juris Doctor
ⓘ
bachelor's degree ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
CBS Corporation
ⓘ
National Amusements ⓘ
linked to:
National Amusements, Inc.
Paramount Global ⓘ Viacom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Boston University School of Law
ⓘ
Tufts University ⓘ
linked to:
Tufts College
|
| employer |
CBS Corporation
ⓘ
National Amusements ⓘ
linked to:
National Amusements, Inc.
Paramount Global ⓘ ViacomCBS ⓘ
linked to:
Paramount Global
|
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans ⓘ |
| familyName | Redstone ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Shari ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Brent Redstone
ⓘ
linked to:
Sumner Redstone
Tyler Korff ⓘ |
| industry |
entertainment
ⓘ
media ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Shari Redstone ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | reunification of CBS and Viacom in 2019 ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Redstone family ⓘ |
| notableRole |
controlling force behind Paramount Global
ⓘ
controlling shareholder of National Amusements ⓘ key figure in U.S. media consolidation in the 21st century ⓘ |
| notableWork |
control of National Amusements
ⓘ
leadership in the merger of Viacom and CBS into ViacomCBS ⓘ oversight of Paramount Global ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
media executive ⓘ |
| oversees |
CBS
ⓘ
Paramount Global ⓘ |
| parent |
Phyllis Gloria Raphael
ⓘ
Sumner Redstone ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair of National Amusements
ⓘ
chair of Paramount Global ⓘ chair of ViacomCBS ⓘ president of National Amusements ⓘ |
| residence | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| sharesControlOf |
National Amusements
ⓘ
linked to:
National Amusements, Inc.
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shari Redstone Description of subject: Shari Redstone is an American media executive and heiress who controls National Amusements and plays a leading role in overseeing Paramount Global and CBS.
Referenced by (12)
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