Thomas E. Dooley was the interim president and CEO of Viacom from August until November 15, 2016.
Dooley received a Bachelor of Science degree from St. John's University in New York City in 1978 and a Master of Business Administration from the New York University Stern School of Business in 1984.
[citation needed] As a condition of the $36 billion sale of CBS to Viacom in 1999, CBS chairman Mel Karmazin forced Dooley out, insisting that both Dooley and Viacom deputy chairman Philippe Dauman leave the company.
[4] Dooley was co-chairman and chief executive officer of DND Capital Partners, a private equity firm specializing in media and telecommunications investments, from May 2000 until September 2006.
He also supervises the company's corporate operations, including legal, corporate communications, human resources, real estate and information technology.