Benjamin Noah Silverman (born August 15, 1970, Pittsfield, Massachusetts)Malone, Michael. Silverman Searches Globe for Next Trend, Broadcasting & Cable, Nov. 14, 2005. was the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios.Josef Adalian. "Silverman named NBC co-chair," Variety, May 29, 2007. He is also an Emmy-winning executive producer of such shows as The Office, Ugly Betty, The Tudors, and The Biggest Loser.

Biography

Early life and career

Raised in Manhattan, Silverman is a 1992 magna cum laude graduate of Tufts University, where he majored in history. His mother, Mary Silverman, was a programming executive whose career included stints at the Disney Channel, BBC, USA Network, Lifetime Television, and Court TV. www.cable360.net/programming/shows/23736.html His father Stanley Silverman is an award-winning music composer/arranger.www.stanleysilverman.com/

Formerly, Silverman was in charge of the international packaging division at the William Morris Agency, where he was the company's youngest division head. ** NATPE Speaker Bio, 2006 Prior to joining William Morris, he was a development executive at New World/Marvel Entertainment and an assistant at CBS, and Warner Bros.