James Warburton Net Worth 2023, Age, Wife, Children, Height, Family, Parents, Salary

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Introduction

James Warburton is an Australian businessman. He is currently well known as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Seven West Media.

Bio

Name	James Warburton
Net Worth	$5 million
Occupation	Media executive
Age	53 years
Height	1.75m

James Warburton net worth

James Warburton was born in 1970 (age 53 years) in Australia. His father and his mother are Australian.

Business career

James Warburton had early executive roles at McCann-Erickson, DDB Worldwide and Hyundai Motor Company in the 1980s and 1990s. Warburton became Managing Director of Universal McCann in 2000, winning and retaining multiple significant government and corporate contracts over the following three years.

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Warburton took on his first role in the television industry in 2003, becoming sales director of the Seven Network. In 2011, Warburton was poached by Acting CEO Lachlan Murdoch to become CEO of the Ten Network.

Seven launched a legal challenge to the defection and the Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled that Warburton could not start at Ten until 1 January 2012, five months later than scheduled. After less than 14 months in the role, Warburton was sacked and replaced by Hamish McLennan.

In May 2013, Warburton was announced as CEO of V8 Supercars and remained in the role until 2017, in which time Warburton was credited with stabilizing the business and signing long-term television and title sponsorship deals for the sport.

James Warburton later continued his association with motorsport, taking on a non-executive director role in 2019 with the Australian Racing Group, promoters of series including the TCR Australia Touring Car Series and the Australian S5000 Championship.

After leaving the renamed Supercars Championship in 2017, Warburton joined APN Outdoor as CEO, departing after the organization was taken over by JCDecaux ten months later. In 2019, Warburton launched a consultancy business that took a stake in the Shopper Media Group.

James Warburton returned to Seven in 2019 as Managing Director and CEO of Seven West Media, replacing Tim Worner. Soon after, Warburton launched a significant restructuring of the business.

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He is one of the richest and most influential business executives in Australia. James Warburton stands at an appealing height of 1.75m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.

Wife

Is James Warburton married? James Warburton is a married man and has children with his wife. His wife Nikki Warburton is the chief customer & marketing officer of Audi Australia.