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Roger Ailes

1940 - 2017

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Roger Eugene Ailes (May 15, 1940 – May 18, 2017) was an American television executive and media consultant. He was the chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television. Ailes was a media consultant for Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush, and for Rudy Giuliani's 1989 New York City mayoral election. In July 2016, he left Fox News after allegations of sexually harassing female Fox employees, including on-air hosts Gretchen Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and Andrea Tantaros. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Roger Ailes is the 366th most popular businessperson (down from 192nd in 2024), the 4,446th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,137th in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Roger Ailes ranks 366 out of 847. Before him are Karl Rapp, John Sculley, Jack Welch, Alfred Edwards, Sergei Shchukin, and David Stern. After him are Timothy Dexter, David Richards, Ma Huateng, Toto Wolff, Arthur Guinness, and Viktor Vekselberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Roger Ailes ranks 230. Before him are Tommy Lawrence, Endre Szemerédi, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Robert Walker, Charles Robert Jenkins, and John Havlicek. After him are Michel Micombero, Jon Elster, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Stan Mikita, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, and Bob Hewitt. Among people deceased in 2017, Roger Ailes ranks 217. Before him are William Baumol, Bengt Gustavsson, Gretel Bergmann, Gustavo Rojo, Katalin Szőke, and Charles Robert Jenkins. After him are David Cassidy, Jana Novotná, Federico Luppi, Velasio de Paolis, Ivo Brešan, and Leo Kinnunen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Ailes ranks 4,446 out of 20,380. Before him are Diplo (1978), Eddie Lawson (1958), Fred Quimby (1886), John Havlicek (1940), Jim Carroll (1949), and David Stern (1942). After him are Dennis Sullivan (1941), Norman Finkelstein (1953), Chavo Guerrero Jr. (1970), Afrika Bambaataa (1957), Burt Kennedy (1922), and Nick Bollettieri (1931).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Roger Ailes ranks 117. Before him are Bob Iger (1951), Chad Hurley (1977), Paul Castellano (1915), John Sculley (1939), Jack Welch (1935), and David Stern (1942). After him are Timothy Dexter (1747), Erin Brockovich (1960), Arnold Rothstein (1882), Douglas Tompkins (1943), Sylvia Beach (1887), and Robert Mercer (1946).

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