Bonnie Hammer

I'm a Brooklyn-born, Queens-raised, Manhattan-honed New York gal who entered college with only the vaguest ideas about what was coming next. ”

E! has the possibility of growing exponentially, and yes, I believe it could be a top 10 network. ”

As a working woman at the height of my career, I know age has only enhanced my professional and personal abilities. It has brought a sense of calm to the drive for success. ”

As any female executive with a family knows, you're making mental lists all through the night. You're often not sure you've managed to sleep at all. ”

Women have an instinct for what the market is. We have tremendous insight in terms of understanding products and consumerism. ”

I have tremendous admiration for companies with the kind of pioneering spirit and innovation eBay has demonstrated from day one. ”

Getting to a 1 rating in households is a sign that we're building momentum. It gives us bragging rights. ”

I bobbed and weaved through my career. And in hindsight, though I'd like to say it was a plan - it was not - the bobbing and the weaving gave me a broad base from which to become an executive who could say, 'OK, I've done this, and I've done this, and I've done this.' And nobody could BS me, because I'd done most of it. ”

My very first real job in the industry was as a production assistant on a show called 'Infinity Factory' in 1976. ”

The biggest challenge to thriving in the marketplace is identifying the strategic moves that will keep us ahead of the competition. ”