She finally won. For Shari Redstone, the 65-year-old daughter of ailing 96-year-old mogul Sumner Redstone, who had chafed for a dozen years living under the cloud of her father’s arrogant, often ...

Shari Redstone, vice-chairwoman of CBS and Viacom, and media mogul Sumner Redstone’s daughter, in Palm Beach, Fla., March 10, 2016.

In more than 50 years as a force in the media industry, Sumner M. Redstone clashed with his only son, his nephew, his wife, his romantic partners, his business rivals and the actor Tom Cruise. In ...

Sumner Redstone, left, and daughter Shari Redstone in 2012 in Beverly Hills, shortly before the lurid struggle over control of Viacom, ... Redstone married Paula Fortunato in 2002.

And with good reason: Shari, the 64-year-old scion of the Redstone family, which has voting control of both CBS and Viacom, is rapidly consolidating her power at the company.

Shari Redstone ultimately became her father’s health-care proxy, ... Redstone was married to his first wife, Phyllis Raphael, for more than 50 years before divorcing her in 1999.

Redstone married Phyllis Gloria Raphael in 1947, days after he took the bar exam. ... Shari Redstone reportedly opposed both ideas, the latter on corporate governance grounds.