Peter Guber | |
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 Guber in 2023 | |
| Born | Howard Peter Guber March 1, 1942 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Syracuse University (BA), New York University (JD and LLM) |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, executive, entrepreneur |
| Years active | 1977 to present |
| Spouse | Tara Gellis (m. 1964) |
| Children | 4 |
Howard Peter Guber (born March 1, 1942) is an American film producer, business executive, entrepreneur, educator, and author. He is chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment. Guber's most recent films from Mandalay Entertainment include The Kids Are All Right, Soul Surfer and Bernie. He has also produced Rain Man, Batman, The Color Purple, Midnight Express, Gorillas in the Mist, The Witches of Eastwick, Missing, and Flashdance. Guber's films have grossed over $3 billion worldwide and received 50 Academy Award nominations.[1]
Guber is also a co-owner of five professional sports teams: the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association, the Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association, the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball, Los Angeles FC (LAFC) of Major League Soccer, and the professional eSports organization aXiomatic Gaming with a controlling interest in one of the world's premier eSports franchises, Team Liquid.[2]
Guber formerly served as chairman of Dick Clark Productions, which produces the American Music Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and other shows. He is also chairman of the Strategic Board; was an investor in NextVR, which was sold to Apple in 2020;[3] and is chairman of Mandalay Sports Media. He is co-executive chairman of aXiomatic, a broad-based esports and gaming company. He is a Regent of the University of California and a professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television and the UCLA Anderson School of Management. For 10 years, Guber was an entertainment and media analyst for Fox Business.
Guber's most recent business book, Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story, became a No. 1 New York Times bestseller.
Guber is also noted for other books that include Inside the Deep and Shootout: Surviving Fame and (Mis)Fortune in Hollywood, which became a television series on AMC called Shootout. Guber hosted the show from 2003 to 2008 with Peter Bart, editor of Variety. Guber wrote a cover article for the Harvard Business Review, titled "The Four Truths of the Storyteller".[4]
- ^ Peter Guber at IMDb
- ^ "aXiomatic Acquires Controlling Interest in Team Liquid, a Leading Professional Esports Franchise" (Press release). Business Wire. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ Leswing, Kif (May 14, 2020). "Apple Buys Virtual Reality Company NextVR". CNBC. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ Guber, Peter (December 1, 2007). "The Four Truths of the Storyteller". Harvard Business Review. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved December 26, 2021.