Steve Ross (September 17, 1927 - December 20, 1992) was responsible for the 1990 merger of Warner Communications and Time Inc. into the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, Time Warner. Ross was born Steven Jay Rechnitz in Brooklyn, New York to Jewish immigrant parents. The family name was changed by Ross's father in 1932. Ross enlisted in the U.S. Navy in June 1945 and was discharged in 1946. Wikipedia
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