Robert A. Altman

Robert A. Altman is chairman and CEO of ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks, LLC.

Previously, he was involved with the Bank of Credit and Commerce International and was caught up in that bank's scandal.

In 1992, Altman was indicted eight felony charges in New York. Altman was essentially accused of helping BCCI buy an American bank and lying to US regulators about it. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,979117,00.html] Altman maintained that he himself was duped by the bank. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/oct98/cliff3.htm] He was acquitted of all charges, though he did agree to be banned from banking to settle a civil suit by the Federal Reserve. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E5DC163DF937A35751C0A96E958260&scp=8&sq=First+American+Bankshares]

He and his wife, Wonder Woman television series actress Lynda Carter, have two children, James and Jessica Altman. His mother, Sophie, was a television producer who produced the popular academic game show "It's Academic".

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