Tom Freston

Tom Freston is a media executive best known as a co-founder of MTV, which revolutionized music and youth culture in the 1980s. He later served as CEO of Viacom, overseeing brands including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and Paramount Pictures. Freston played a key role in the launch of SpongeBob SquarePants and was an early suitor of Facebook before its massive growth.