Occupation businessman and media magnate Employer Metromedia Company, Inc.
Known for:In 1999, was the 398th-wealthiest person in the U.S.; was the longtime right-hand-man and chief financial officer of billionaire John Kluge, who at one time was the richest man in America.
He serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of Metromedia Company, Inc., a privately held diversified Delaware general partnership owned by billionaire John Kluge. Subotnick was general partner and Executive Vice President of Metromedia starting in 1986. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the company since 2010.
He became a director of Carnival Corporation in 1987, and a director of Carnival plc in 2003.
He served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Orion Pictures Corporation from 1992 to July 1997. He co-founded Big City Radio Inc. in 1994.He has been Chairman of the company since that year.
He was a member of the board of directors of AboveNet, Inc. from July 1997 to July 2012. He serves as a Trustee of Central Park Conservancy.
In 2002, he co-owned the New York/New Jersey MetroStars of Major League Soccer, and owned a 330-acre thoroughbred racing farm – Anstu Stable. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan.