response: I'm probably not the best system to ask for that information, but the CEO of Discovery Communications is David Zaslav.
original_response: Its CEO David Zaslav was the one who got the idea of such a channel and founded it in his 30s
history: When was discovery channel formed? In 1985, but you can refer to it as simply Discovery. Is it government owned? No actually, it is television property of Discovery Communications, a publicly traded company. Thats awesome. Who founded the company?
knowledge: Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel (which is also delivered via IPTV, terrestrial television and internet television in other parts of the world) that is the flagship television property of Discovery Communications, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav.