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Asia Center
Extends the reach and impact of the Milken Institute to the Asia-Pacific region
Center for Financial Markets
Conducts research and constructs programs designed to facilitate smooth and efficient operation of financial markets
Center for the Future of Aging
Advances healthy longevity and financial security for all through high-impact policies, research, convenings, and multisector partnerships.
Center for Public Health
Develops research, programs, and initiatives designed to envision and activate sustainable solutions leading to better health for individuals and communities worldwide.
Center for Regional Economics and California Center
Analyzes the dynamics that drive job creation and promote industry expansion
Center for Strategic Philanthropy
Empowers philanthropists to effectively address some of the world's most urgent problems
FasterCures
Clears roadblocks that prevent medical breakthroughs from reaching patients sooner
Financial Innovations Labs
Addressing society's greatest challenges through a financial lens
Global Market Development
Working with government partners in emerging and developing economies to build strong, domestic financial markets.
Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream
Anyone with a dream should have the opportunity to make it come true—through determination and an economic system that works for all
Research Department
Addressing global policy issues on Health Economics, International Finance, and Regional Economics

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Robert Pittman

Chairman and CEO, iHeartMedia Inc.; Founder, MTV

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Robert Pittman is chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia Inc. (formerly Clear Channel), parent of iHeartMedia -- which has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America with almost a quarter of a billion U.S. broadcast radio listeners and 97 million monthly unique visitors for iHeartMedia Digital -- and Clear Channel Outdoor, with 750,000 displays in over 40 countries. Pittman led the team that created MTV and was CEO of MTV Networks, AOL Networks, Six Flags Theme Parks, Quantum Media, Century 21 Real Estate and Time Warner Enterprises. He was also chief operating officer of America Online Inc. and then AOL Time Warner. Pittman is a founding member of Pilot Group LLC, a New York private investment firm. Among many honors, he received AdWeek's first Media Visionary award and the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award. Pittman was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame and the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame and was named one of Advertising Age's "10 Marketers Who Changed American Culture."