Leslie Moonves

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business executive human media executive television executive

Leslie Moonves is an American media executive best known for leading CBS to ratings dominance as its longtime chief executive before resigning amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Leslie Moonves canonical	3
Leslie Roy Moonves	1
Sara Moonves	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4668438 — 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: Leslie Moonves
Context triple: [CBS Corporation, notableCEO, Leslie Moonves]

A. Jeffrey Lurie
Jeffrey Lurie is an American businessman and film producer best known as the longtime owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, under whom the team won its first Super Bowl title.
B. Matt Lauer
Matt Lauer is an American television journalist and former longtime co-host of NBC's "Today" show.
C. Peter Guber
Peter Guber is an American film producer, entrepreneur, and sports team owner known for his leadership roles with major franchises like the Los Angeles Dodgers and Golden State Warriors.
D. Gerald Levin
Gerald Levin is an American media executive best known for leading Time Warner as CEO and orchestrating its landmark merger with AOL.
E. Lester Holt
Lester Holt is an American television journalist and news anchor best known for anchoring NBC's flagship evening news program and moderating major political debates.
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: Leslie Moonves
Target entity description: Leslie Moonves is an American media executive best known for leading CBS to ratings dominance as its longtime chief executive before resigning amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations.

A. Jeffrey Lurie
Jeffrey Lurie is an American businessman and film producer best known as the longtime owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, under whom the team won its first Super Bowl title.
B. Matt Lauer
Matt Lauer is an American television journalist and former longtime co-host of NBC's "Today" show.
C. Peter Guber
Peter Guber is an American film producer, entrepreneur, and sports team owner known for his leadership roles with major franchises like the Los Angeles Dodgers and Golden State Warriors.
D. Gerald Levin
Gerald Levin is an American media executive best known for leading Time Warner as CEO and orchestrating its landmark merger with AOL.
E. Lester Holt
Lester Holt is an American television journalist and news anchor best known for anchoring NBC's flagship evening news program and moderating major political debates.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business executive ⓘ human ⓘ media executive ⓘ television executive ⓘ
awardReceived	National Association of Television Program Executives Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award ⓘ Television Hall of Fame induction ⓘ linked to: Television Academy Hall of Fame induction
boardMembership	Board of directors of ZeniMax Media ⓘ
causeOfResignation	Sexual misconduct allegations ⓘ
child	Adam Moonves ⓘ linked to: Moonves Charlie Moonves ⓘ Michael Moonves ⓘ Sara Moonves ⓘ linked to: Leslie Moonves
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1949-10-06 ⓘ
education	Bucknell University ⓘ
employer	CBS Corporation ⓘ Viacom Inc. ⓘ linked to: Viacom Warner Bros. Television ⓘ
familyName	Moonves ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	Spanish ⓘ
fullName	Leslie Roy Moonves ⓘ linked to: Leslie Moonves
givenName	Leslie ⓘ
industry	Entertainment ⓘ Television ⓘ
memberOf	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ
notableAchievement	Oversaw hit CBS series such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" ⓘ Oversaw hit CBS series such as "Everybody Loves Raymond" ⓘ Oversaw hit CBS series such as "NCIS" ⓘ Oversaw hit CBS series such as "Survivor" ⓘ
notableEvent	Accused of multiple instances of sexual harassment and misconduct in 2018 ⓘ
notableFor	Leading CBS to ratings dominance in U.S. broadcast television ⓘ
notableWork	Led CBS to become the most-watched television network in the United States in the 2000s and 2010s ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ businessperson ⓘ television executive ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	Chairman of CBS Corporation ⓘ Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation ⓘ Co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom Inc. ⓘ President of CBS Entertainment ⓘ
relative	Paula Kent Meehan ⓘ
resignationDate	2018-09-09 ⓘ
resignedFromPosition	Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation ⓘ
spouse	Julie Chen Moonves ⓘ Nancy Wiesenfeld ⓘ
startTime	1995 ⓘ
subjectOf	2018 investigative reports by The New Yorker regarding sexual misconduct allegations ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CBS Corporation → notableCEO → Leslie Moonves ⓘ

Leslie → hasNotableBearer → Leslie Moonves ⓘ

Milestone Award → notableRecipient → Leslie Moonves ⓘ

Leslie Moonves → fullName → Leslie Roy Moonves ⓘ

linked to: Leslie Moonves

Leslie Moonves → child → Sara Moonves ⓘ