Peter Guber
Founder & Chairman of Mandalay Entertainment
Founder and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, the visionary multimedia venture spanning movies, TV, sports, and new media, Peter Guber is among the most successful executives in the entertainment and communications industries. Films he personally produced or executive produced, including Rain Man, Batman, The Color Purple, Midnight Express, Gorillas in the Mist, The Witches of Eastwick, Missing and Flashdance, have resonated with audiences all over the world, earning over three billion dollars worldwide and garnering more than fifty Academy Award nominations.
Guber led Sony Pictures as Chairman & CEO, Columbia Pictures as President, Polygram as Chairman & CEO, Casablanca Record & Filmworks as co-owner and co-Chairman, and Guber-Peters Entertainment Group as co-owner. While at Sony, the company achieved an industry-best domestic box office market share of 17%, and led all competitors with the highest four-year total of Academy Award nominations ever for a single company.
A passionate, humorous, and tireless motivator, Guber has dedicated himself to empowering current and future leaders to use the power of the oral narrative to propel their business success. In December 2007, Guber wrote the cover article for the Harvard Business Review titled, “The Four Truths of the Storyteller.” Guber has been a full professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television for nearly four decades. Among the many courses Guber launched is “Navigating A Narrative World,” bringing in experts such as Deepak Chopra, Pat Riley, Chris Anderson, Bran Ferran and dozens of other high profile guests to converse with him in front of the graduate students from the schools of business, theater, film and television, law, and public policy about the power of the oral narrative in their disciplines. Guber is also the sponsor of e2e: A Day of Generosity, an annual conclave in which top business storytelling experts and leaders share storytelling best practices, brainstorm, and collaborate on bringing the magic of oral stories to the people of enterprises everywhere.
Guber has turned this legacy and experience in front of the camera where he has been seen every Sunday morning for the last 6 years on American Movie Classics (AMC) cable network, as co-host of the critically acclaimed national TV show, Shootout, featuring the major stars and entrepreneurs of the entertainment industry. AMC moved Guber’s talents to prime time with a series of one hour specials in 2009 called StoryMakers. Guber can currently be seen as co-host of In the House, a weekly, half-hour news and interview show focused on industry trends in pop culture, providing a platform for major stars, key filmmakers and other creative and business leaders to comment on their industry. The show, the first original series to air on Encore, has a two season commitment. Guber can also be seen weekly on the NBC-owned Los Angeles outlet KNBC, as co-host of Show Business with Bart and Guber, which features discussion and analysis specifically designed for Los Angeles’ showbiz community. Peter Guber is a regular media and entertainment analyst for Fox Business News and has also appeared on NBC’s Today Show, CNBC’s Power Lunch, 20/20 With Elizabeth Vargas, CNBC’s WSJ with Maria Bartiromo, Fox News’s Your World with Neil Cavuto, Chris Matthews’ Hardball and Fox Business News’s America’s Nightly Scoreboard with David Asman.
Peter Guber was recruited by Columbia Pictures out of NYU’s Graduate School of Business where he was pursuing an MBA. He holds a BA, Master of Law and Juris Doctorate degrees. Guber is a member of the UCLA Foundation Board of Trustees, as well as the winner of UCLA’s prestigious Service Award for his accomplishments and association with the school. He received his honorary doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut, was named Albert Gallatin Fellow at New York University; is a recipient of Syracuse University’s George Arents Pioneer Award, the highest honor that can be given an alumnus, for his distinguished work in film; and is also a recipient of USC’s Dean’s Award for National Business Leadership.
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Guber led Sony Pictures as Chairman & CEO, Columbia Pictures as President, Polygram as Chairman & CEO, Casablanca Record & Filmworks as co-owner and co-Chairman, and Guber-Peters Entertainment Group as co-owner. While at Sony, the company achieved an industry-best domestic box office market share of 17%, and led all competitors with the highest four-year total of Academy Award nominations ever for a single company.
A passionate, humorous, and tireless motivator, Guber has dedicated himself to empowering current and future leaders to use the power of the oral narrative to propel their business success. In December 2007, Guber wrote the cover article for the Harvard Business Review titled, “The Four Truths of the Storyteller.” Guber has been a full professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television for nearly four decades. Among the many courses Guber launched is “Navigating A Narrative World,” bringing in experts such as Deepak Chopra, Pat Riley, Chris Anderson, Bran Ferran and dozens of other high profile guests to converse with him in front of the graduate students from the schools of business, theater, film and television, law, and public policy about the power of the oral narrative in their disciplines. Guber is also the sponsor of e2e: A Day of Generosity, an annual conclave in which top business storytelling experts and leaders share storytelling best practices, brainstorm, and collaborate on bringing the magic of oral stories to the people of enterprises everywhere.
Guber has turned this legacy and experience in front of the camera where he has been seen every Sunday morning for the last 6 years on American Movie Classics (AMC) cable network, as co-host of the critically acclaimed national TV show, Shootout, featuring the major stars and entrepreneurs of the entertainment industry. AMC moved Guber’s talents to prime time with a series of one hour specials in 2009 called StoryMakers. Guber can currently be seen as co-host of In the House, a weekly, half-hour news and interview show focused on industry trends in pop culture, providing a platform for major stars, key filmmakers and other creative and business leaders to comment on their industry. The show, the first original series to air on Encore, has a two season commitment. Guber can also be seen weekly on the NBC-owned Los Angeles outlet KNBC, as co-host of Show Business with Bart and Guber, which features discussion and analysis specifically designed for Los Angeles’ showbiz community. Peter Guber is a regular media and entertainment analyst for Fox Business News and has also appeared on NBC’s Today Show, CNBC’s Power Lunch, 20/20 With Elizabeth Vargas, CNBC’s WSJ with Maria Bartiromo, Fox News’s Your World with Neil Cavuto, Chris Matthews’ Hardball and Fox Business News’s America’s Nightly Scoreboard with David Asman.
Peter Guber was recruited by Columbia Pictures out of NYU’s Graduate School of Business where he was pursuing an MBA. He holds a BA, Master of Law and Juris Doctorate degrees. Guber is a member of the UCLA Foundation Board of Trustees, as well as the winner of UCLA’s prestigious Service Award for his accomplishments and association with the school. He received his honorary doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut, was named Albert Gallatin Fellow at New York University; is a recipient of Syracuse University’s George Arents Pioneer Award, the highest honor that can be given an alumnus, for his distinguished work in film; and is also a recipient of USC’s Dean’s Award for National Business Leadership.
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