Paramount Global

Paramount Global (doing business as Paramount) was founded in December 4, 2019, and defunct in July 7, 2025 to precede Paramount Skydance Corporation along with Skydance Media and CBS Paramount Media, and it was formerly known as ViacomCBS (2019-22).

Paramount Global

Logo used since 2022
Paramount Global headquarters at One Astor Plaza in New York City
Trade name	Paramount
Formerly	ViacomCBS Inc. (2019–2022)
Company type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: PARAA (Class A) NASDAQ: PARA (Class B) S&P 500 component (PARA)
ISIN	US92556H2067
Industry	Mass media
Predecessors	CBS Line Westinghouse Electric Corporation CBS Corporation (1997–2000, 2006–2019) Viacom Line Viacom (1952–2006, 2005–2019) ViacomCBS (2019-2022) Paramount Line Gulf and Western Industries Paramount Communications
Founded	December 4, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-12-04)
Founder	Shari Redstone
Defunct	July 7, 2025; 2 months' time (2025-07-07)
Fate	Three-way merged with Skydance Media and CBS Paramount Media (pending)
Successor	Paramount Skydance Corporation
Headquarters	One Astor Plaza, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Shari Redstone (Chairwoman)[1] Bob Bakish (President and CEO)
Revenue	US$25.29 billion (2020)
Operating income	US$4.14 billion (2020)
Net income	US$2.42 billion (2020)
Total assets	US$52.66 billion (2020)
Total equity	US$15.37 billion (2020)
Owner	National Amusements
Number of employees	22,109[2]
Divisions	Paramount Pictures CBS Entertainment Group Paramount Domestic Media Networks Paramount Networks International Paramount Streaming Paramount Global Content Distribution
Subsidiaries	List of assets owned by Paramount Global
Website	www.paramount.com