Peter Guber
Chairman & CEO, Mandalay Entertainment GroupPeter Guber has served on our board of directors since 2010. Mr. Guber has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mandalay Entertainment Group, a multimedia entertainment company he founded in 1995 that is focused on motion pictures, television, sports entertainment and new media. Prior to founding Mandalay Entertainment, Mr. Guber served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., the television and film production and distribution unit of Sony from 1989 to 1995, and co-founded Guber-Peters Entertainment Group in 1983, which was acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1989. Mr. Guber also co-founded Polygram Entertainment in 1979, and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 1983, co-founded Casablanca Records & Filmworks, Inc., in 1975, and was a member of senior management and Studio Chief of Columbia Pictures Corporation, from 1968 to 1975. Mr. Guber's personal production film credits include motion pictures that are well known by consumers worldwide, including Midnight Express, The Color Purple, Missing, American Werewolf in London, Gorillas in the Mist, Rain Man and Batman. Mr. Guber serves as co-chairman of the board of directors of NeuMedia, Inc. Through Mandalay Sports Entertainment, Inc., Mr. Guber is a co-owner of five minor league baseball teams that are affiliated with the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers. Through Mandalay Professional Sports LLC, Mr. Guber is a managing member of the ownership group that has agreed to acquire the Golden State Warriors, a National Basketball Association franchise located in the Bay Area in a pending transaction. Mr. Guber is also a professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television, where he has been a member of the faculty for over 30 years. Mr. Guber holds an LLM and JD from New York University School of Law and a BA from Syracuse University, and is a member of the California and New York bars.
Mr. Guber brings extensive business and industry expertise in the multimedia and film and television production industries to his role as a member of our board of directors and as Chairman of the nominating and corporate governance committee. Mr. Guber's breadth of entertainment and media industry knowledge and insight from over 40 years of experience in senior management positions within the entertainment and media industry serves as a key industry resource to the board of directors.