CNN President Jeff Zucker resigned from the network, ending a nine-year tenure at the helm of the one of the nation’s largest media companies. The 56-year-old acknowledged that he failed to disclose a consensual relationship with another network executive. 

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Zucker spoke about the relationship when asked about it as a part of  an investigation into Chris Cuomo, the brother of former New York Governor. The former CNN anchor was was fired after it was discovered that he aided Andrew Cuomo as he navigated a sexual harassment investigation.

“I was required to disclose it when it began but I didn’t. I was wrong,” Zucker wrote. The now former CNN employee further said that he wished that his tenure had ended differently but, “it was an amazing run. And I loved every minute.”

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Zucker was named chairman of WarnerMedia News and Sports in March 2019. He has also served as president of CNN Worldwide since 2013. The 56-year-old oversaw all of WarnerMedia’s live programming, including all divisions of CNN Worldwide and Turner Sports. At CNN, that includes the US television network, CNN International, HLN, and CNN’s digital properties. His sports portfolio includes Turner Sports, and Bleacher Report.

Zucker was born to a cardiologist, Matthew, and a school teacher, Arline in Homestead, Florida. He captained the North Miami Senior High School tennis team, was the editor of the school paper and also a freelance teen reporter for the Miami Herald. 

He graduated from North Miami Senior High School and went on to Harvard University. He was president of the school newspaper, The Harvard Crimson.

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Zucker married Caryn Stephanie Nathanson in 1996. He has four children with her.

He was diagnosed at ages 31 and 34 with colon cancer and successfully underwent surgery twice and chemotherapy after the first surgery. 

With inputs from the Associated Press