Media Mogul Barry Diller: Success, Sexuality & Serendipity

In this second episode of MD MEETS, Axel Springer CEO Mathias
Döpfner sits down with legendary media mogul Barry
Diller - the man who shaped Hollywood, created FOX, and
built one of the world’s most powerful internet empires.


From being bounced at Studio 54 on opening night - despite
arriving with Hollywood royalty - to discovering John Travolta
and producing Saturday Night Fever, Diller recounts the wild rise
of an entertainment visionary whose career has spanned every
screen, from silver to digital.


In a rare and intimate conversation, Diller opens up about the
loneliness of his childhood, the drive that rejection gave him,
and how risk - from his sexuality to his career - became his
creative engine. He speaks about the glamour and darkness of
fame, his lifelong partnership with Diane von Furstenberg, and
what it means to build something that truly lasts.


A story of reinvention, risk, and romance - and of one man’s
extraordinary journey from Hollywood’s back rooms to the
frontlines of media history.


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