Hisashi Hieda (日枝 久, born December 31, 1937) is a Japanese business magnate, media proprietor, television executive, film producer and philanthropist who is the Chairperson of Fujisankei Communications Group.

[3] Due to his achievements in transforming the Fujisankei Communications Group into one of the world's leading and Japan's largest media conglomerates, as well as nurturing Fuji Television Network into a representative comprehensive entertainment entity of Japan, he is regarded as the most respected media executive in Japan.

For many years, Mr. Hieda led the management of Fuji Media Holdings as the Executive Chairperson & CEO.

He also introduced programs that catapulted Fuji Television from fourth to first place in the ratings and turned it into Japan’s most profitable network.

[4] Dalton Investments, a major shareholder holding over 7% of Fuji Media Holdings' shares, was misled by the false reports of the third-rate gossip magazine Shukan Bunshun and, in the wake of Masahiro Nakai's scandal, called Hieda a 'dictator' and demanded his resignation.