Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Appoints Daniel Dienst As CEO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSO) announced Monday that it has appointed Daniel Dienst as its Chief Executive Officer. The company said Dienst was recently appointed to its Board and will continue to serve in that role.

Most recently, from March 2008 through June 2013, Dienst served as Chief Executive Officer of Sims Metal Management, Ltd., a role he assumed to shepherd that company through the aftermath of the global financial crisis after the sale of his predecessor company, Metal Management, Inc., to Sims for $1.7 billion in March 2008.

Dienst had served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Metal Management from 2003-2008. From 2002, Dienst also served as Chairman and Acting Chief Executive of Metals USA, Inc. after its restructuring until 2005 when the Company was sold to an affiliate of Apollo Management, LP in a going private transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion.