Paula Madison

Published: Oct. 24, 2014, 9:35 p.m.

Paula Madison, Chairman and CEO, Madison Media Management Madison Media Management invests primarily in emerging media, entertainment and communication businesses. Madison retired from NBC Universal, where she had been executive vice president of Diversity as well as a vice president of the General Electric Company (GE), then the parent company of NBCU. During her 22 years with NBCU, Madison held a number of successful leadership roles, including president and general manager of NBC4 Los Angeles; Los Angeles regional general manager for NBCU’s Telemundo TV stations; and vice president and news director of NBC4 New York. Black Enterprise magazine named Madison one of the “75 Most Powerful African Americans in Corporate America” in 2005. Madison holds a Bachelor's degree in History and Black Studies from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY.