David Geffen

David Geffen
Geffen in 1973
Born
David Lawrence Geffen

(1943-02-21) February 21, 1943 (age 81)
New York City, U.S.
EducationSanta Monica College (no degree)
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • record executive
  • film producer
  • media proprtietor
TitleFounder of
SpouseDonovan Michaels (m. 2023)

David Lawrence Geffen (born February 21, 1943)[1] is an American film producer, record executive, and media proprietor. In music, he co-founded Asylum Records (with Elliot Roberts) in 1971 before founding Geffen Records in 1980, DGC Records in 1990, and co-founding DreamWorks Records (with Mo Ostin, Michael Ostin and Lenny Waronker) in 1996. In film, he founded the Geffen Film Company in 1986 and co-founded DreamWorks SKG (with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg) in 1994.

  1. ^ Tom King, The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood, p. 12, Broadway Books (New York 2001).