Marvin L. Shapiro was an American television executive.

Following three and a half years of service in the Army Air Corps as a radio operator-gunner during World War II, Shapiro attended Syracuse University on the G.I. Bill, earning his Bachelor of Sciences degree in speech with a minor in radio, and began his broadcasting career as student manager of the University's radio station.

After doing some freelance on-air work as a sportscaster and special events broadcaster for a local radio station in his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, Shapiro joined Westinghouse Broadcasting Company (also known as Group W), where he eventually became a senior executive, overseeing the operation of the company’s radio and television stations, and playing a key role in the growth of its participation in cable television.

In 1983, Shapiro joined private investment firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) as a managing director, where he was directly involved in several of the company’s media-related acquisitions. Among his many advisory transactions was the sale of KSTU-TV (Salt Lake City, Utah) to FOX Television Stations, the sale of WICS -TV (Springfield, Illinois) to Guy Gannett Co., Odyssey Partners’ acquisition of WPCQ-TV (Charlotte, North Carolina), and the formation of both Queen City Broadcasting (WKBW-TV, Buffalo, New York) and Telemundo Group.

Shapiro died January 18, 2021. He was 97.