Barry Diller Biography

Fast Facts

• A longtime advisor to the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California
• Quote: "[Regarding the stock market] "I am interested in things that have real opportunity for change․ I learned very early not to listen to anyone․ You have to keep your ears open, but don't listen to the morning line․""
• Previously served as chairman of Paramount Pictures Corp․, where he would oversee the company's Entertainment and Communications Group, established in 1983
• Known for his work at InterActiveCorp, or IAC, which he joined in the early '90s after leaving Fox, where he would eventually serve as CEO from 1995 until 2010
• Served as the CEO and chairman of Fox from 1984 until 1992