Robert A. Daly

Daly completed his term as chairman of the board of trustees for the children's charity Save the Children in February 2010.

Daly completed his term as chairman of the board of trustees for Save the Children on February 28, 2010. In his five years as Board Chair, he oversaw annual program growth averaging 13.5 percent, serving 48 million children in 2008. He also spearheaded the creation of Save the Children's first domestic response unit in the United States, which has proven successful in responding to disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, Gustave and Ike. In his final months as chairman, Daly was actively involved in the Haitian earthquake relief effort.

Daly also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the American Film Institute, an organization he has been involved with for many years. Additionally, he is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s Dean’s Advisory Board and the UCLA Executive Board for the Medical Sciences. In 2006, he joined the board of the USC Annenberg School for Communication.

Daly went to the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball organization after 19 years at Warner Bros. He served as managing partner, chairman and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Dodgers, overseeing all operations of the organization during the time they were owned by News Corp. During the four year period Daly ran the organization, he took great pride in rebuilding the farm system. Daly and his partners sold the team in 2004, and he remains a fan.

Daly and Semel and their partnership were immortalized on September 30, 1999 as the pair put their hands and footprints in the same cement square in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, only the second studio executives in history to do so.

However, some people felt the two had been stretched too far in trying to oversee such a massive conglomerate. In a 1997 interview that Mr. Daly gave for the New York Times it is said "Mr. Daly brushed aside the notion that he and Mr. Semel are stretched too thin. 'If we were, we wouldn't have taken the job...'[.]"

Daly married lyricist Carole Bayer Sager in 1996. The couple live in Los Angeles. Daly was previously married to Nancy MacNeil (1941-2009), with whom he has three children, and one step son with Bayer Sager. Daly also owns a ranch where he raises chickens, sheep, goats, miniature horses and plants tomatoes. Daly has three grown children from a previous marriage, a stepson and eight grandchildren.

Having left CBS, he joined Warner Bros. on December 1, 1980. His titles were chairman of the board and co-chief executive officer. One year later, he was named chairman of the board and chief executive officer and appointed Terry Semel president and chief operating officer. Daly resumed his previous title on March 30, 1994, when he announced he would share his office with Semel. On November 16, 1995, Daly and Semel added the Warner Music Group to their responsibilities and also became chairmen and co-chief executive officers of Warner Music Group. On July 15, 1999, Daly and Semel announced they would not seek to renew their contracts with Time Warner (the parent company of Warner Bros. and the parent company at the time of the Warner Music Group), which expired at the end of 1999.

Robert A. Daly attended Brooklyn College and Hunter College received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the American Film Institute as well as a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Trinity College (Connecticut). . Daly began as a gofer for the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1955, before beginning a career path to "president of entertainment". In addition to his duties as chief of television operations at CBS, Daly was also responsible for CBS Theatrical Films, which was formed in October 1979. During his 25-year association with CBS, Daly served in various posts, including executive vice president of CBS Television Network and vice president of business affairs.

Robert Anthony Daly (born December 8, 1936) is an American business executive who has led organizations such as CBS Entertainment, Warner Bros., Warner Music Group, and the Los Angeles Dodgers.