Donna Langley

- After almost two decades with the company, last year Donna Langley was appointed chairman of NBCUniversal Studio Group and chief content officer. - The promotion gives her oversight of the company’s TV and film content strategy. Prior to this role, she served four years as chairman of the company’s movie division. - Known to champion creatives while also fiercely protecting NBCUniversal’s interests, Langley has had a strong first year in her new job, despite the disruption caused by the Hollywood writer and actor strikes: The movie division ranked as the No. 1 studio globally, grossing nearly $5 billion worldwide. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenhenheimer—a film that Langley herself greenlighted—became the highest-grossing biographical movie of all time. - During the strikes, Langley was one of the four studio executives engaging in talks with the unions, which eventually got the industry back to work.