Tom Werner

Birth Name:

Thomas Charles Werner

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Producer, Actor

He studied at the Hotchkiss School in Salisbury, Conn․, and earned an English degree at Harvard University
Quote: "(On being chairman of the Boston Red Sox) "We enjoy watching this team play․ It's exciting․ Everybody seems to be contributing․""
Quote: "(On the Boston Red Sox' disappointing 2012 season) "One of the beautiful things about baseball is that it's hard to predict․ But we'll be back․""
Co-founded Fenway Sports Group, the investment and operations company that owns the Boston Red Sox major-league baseball team and Fenway Park, the stadium at which they play home games
With business partners Marcy Carsey, Caryn Mandabach and Oprah Winfrey, he founded the cable TV channel Oxygen
As co-founder of Carsey-Werner Productions, he served as executive producer of TV series such as "The Cosby Show," "Roseanne," "3rd Rock from the Sun" and "That 70s Show․"
As Director of East Coast Prime Time Development at ABC-TV, he oversaw the development of the successful comedies "Bosom Buddies," "Soap" and "Taxi․"

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