| Year |
Winner |
Country |
Note |
| 1973 |
Charles Curran |
United Kingdom |
President, European Broadcasting Union, Director General, BBC |
| 1974 |
Dr. Joseph Charyk |
United States |
President, COMSAT |
| 1975 |
Junzo Imamichi |
Japan |
Chairman of the Board, Tokyo Broadcasting System |
| 1976 |
Talbot S. Duckmanton |
Australia |
President, Asian Broadcasting Union, CBE (Citation) |
| Roberto Marinho |
Brazil |
President, TV Globo Network of Brazil (Citation) |
| Howard Thomas |
United Kingdom |
Chairman of the Board, Thames Television, (Citation) |
| 1977 |
Alphonse Ouimet |
Canada |
Chairman, Telesat, Canadian TV |
| 1979 |
Frank Stanton |
United States |
President Emeritus, CBS, Incorporated 1978 Prix Italia |
| 1980 |
Lew Grade |
United Kingdom |
Chairman of the Board, Associated Communications Corp. |
| 1981 |
Sir Huw Wheldon |
United Kingdom |
Retired (1976) Managing Director of BBC-TV |
| 1982 |
Akio Morita |
Japan |
Chairman and CEO, Sony Corporation |
| 1983 |
Roberto Marinho |
Brazil |
President, TV Globo Network of Brazil |
| 1984 |
Sydney Bernstein |
United Kingdom |
Founder, Granada Television |
| 1985 |
Leonard H. Goldenson |
United States |
Chairman and CEO, ABC |
| 1986 |
Herbert Schmertz |
United States |
Vice President, Public Affairs, Mobil Oil Company |
| 1987 |
Jeremy Isaacs |
United Kingdom |
Chief Executive, Channel 4 |
| 1988 |
Vittorio Boni |
Italy |
Director, International Relations, RAI (Posthumously) |
| 1989 |
Ted Turner |
United States |
Chairman of the Board/President, Turner Broadcasting System (Citation) |
| Murray Chercover |
Canada |
Chairman and CEO, CTV Television Network |
| 1990 |
Henrikas Juškevičius |
Lithuania |
Assistant Director-General, UNESCO |
| 1991 |
Henry Becton |
United States |
President, WGBH, Boston |
| 1992 |
Silvio Berlusconi |
Italy |
President, Fininvest Gruppo |
| 1993 |
André Rousselet |
France |
Chairman, Canal Plus |
| 1994 |
Helmut Thoma |
Germany |
Managing Director, RTL |
| 1995 |
John Birt |
United Kingdom |
Director General, BBC |
| 1996 |
Herbert A. Granath |
United States |
Chairman, ABC/Disney Cable International |
| 1997 |
Dieter Stolte |
Germany |
Intendant, ZDF |
| 1998 |
Sam Nilsson |
Sweden |
President, Sveriges Television |
| 1999 |
Ralph Baruch |
United States |
Founder, Viacom |
| 2000 |
Su-Ming Cheng[3] |
China |
CEO China-TV, Taiwan |
| 2001 |
Gustavo Cisneros[4] |
Venezuela |
Chairman, Organizacion Cisneros |
| 2002 |
Katsuji Ebisawa[5] |
Japan |
President, NHK |
| 2003 |
Greg Dyke[6] |
United Kingdom |
Director General, BBC |
| 2004 |
Herbert Kloiber[7] |
Germany |
Managing Director, Tele-München Group |
| 2005 |
Charles Allen[8] |
United Kingdom |
Chief Executive, ITV |
| 2006 |
Ronald S. Lauder[9] |
United States |
Founder and Chairman, Central European Media Enterprises (CME) |
| 2007 |
Patrick Le Lay[10] |
France |
Chairman, TF1 Group |
| 2008 |
Liu Changle[11] |
Hong Kong |
Chairman & CEO, Phoenix Satellite Television |
| 2009 |
Markus Schächter[12] |
Germany |
Director General, ZDF |
| 2010 |
Lorne Michaels[13] |
United States |
Creator & Executive Producer, Saturday Night Live |
| 2011 |
Subhash Chandra[14] |
India |
Chairman, Zee TV |
| 2012 |
Kim In-Kyu[15] |
South Korea |
President & CEO, Korean Broadcasting System |
| 2013 |
Anke Schäferkordt[16] |
Germany |
CEO Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland & CO-CEO RTL Group |
| 2014 |
Roberto Irineu Marinho[17] |
Brazil |
Chairman & CEO of Grupo Globo |
| 2015 |
Richard Plepler |
United States |
Chairman & CEO, HBO |
| 2016 |
Maria Rørbye Rønn |
Denmark |
CEO & Director General, DR |
| 2017 |
Emilio Azcárraga Jean |
Mexico |
Chairman & CEO, Grupo Televisa |
| 2018 |
Sophie Turner Laing |
United Kingdom |
Chief executive officer of Endemol Shine Group |
| 2019 |
Christiane Amanpour |
United States |
Chief international anchor for CNN |
| 2020 |
None |
None |
None |
| 2021 |
Thomas Bellut |
Germany |
Director General of German national broadcaster ZDF |
| 2022 |
Miky Lee |
United States |
Vice president of CJ Group |
| 2023 |
Ekta Kapoor |
India |
Managing director of Balaji Telefilms |
| 2024 |
Sidonie Dumas |
France |
CEO of Gaumont |
| 2025 |
João Roberto Marinho |
Brazil |
CEO of Grupo Globo |