Rich Battista was Former CEO at Time Inc. A 30-year veteran of the entertainment and media industry, Rich Battista is a proven Chief Executive Officer with significant experience operating, building and revitalizing large-scale multiplatform companies, often within the nexus of media, content and technology. Rich has reshaped, transformed and overseen the sale of two multi-billion dollar publicly traded companies in Time Inc. and Gemstar-TV Guide. He has also founded startups, and conceived of, launched and built several highly valuable TV-related businesses during his long career inside Fox/News Corporation.