Sumner M. Redstone
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Sumner M. Redstone
 The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom, Brad Grey of Paramount, and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks made it seem as if the company should be renamed DreamTeam. When the Paramount Pictures unit of Viacom announced two months ago that it would acquire DreamWorks SKG  for $1.6 billion, the deal was heralded as a 'coup' and a 'fantasy come true' by the news media and analysts alike. The combination of Sumner M. Redstone of Viacom, Brad Grey of Paramount and the triumvirate of David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg at DreamWorks made it seem as if the company should be renamed DreamTeam.