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kestrel9 ago

Mnuchin was co-chairman of the trio's movie company, Relativity Media

Ryan Kavanaugh was the founder of Relativity Media

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Kavanaugh

Kavanaugh founded Relativity Media after briefly serving as a consultant to other small businesses and venture capitalists.[4] In the late 1990s, he asked his father for a $50,000 loan to start his own hedge fund; his father declined, but this did not dissuade Ryan, whose aim was to use mathematical tools to connect financing and movie projects in a more efficient manner than traditional Hollywood finance. At Relativity, he created what is now known as "the model", a monte carlo model designed to predict the odds of a given film being successful. No film at Relativity is given a green light unless the model predicts a high probability of profitability. During Relativity's first year of operation, Kavanaugh executed what was considered to be an innovative finance deal for Marvel Studios which led them to create the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Kavanaugh went on to structure business deals for such companies as: Sony, Universal, Warner Brothers, among many others. Kavanaugh has acquired a number of assets, including the marketing and distribution operations of John Malone's Liberty Media/Starz film unit Overture Films, and reaching a first of its kind TV pay deal with Netflix.[4]

Kavanaugh forged a marketing, promotional, and production partnership with Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile and Virgin Produced, in which Relativity owns a stake. Kavanaugh also brokered an innovative cross-platform marketing partnership with Clear Channel Radio, the media company with the most reach in the United States. He was also instrumental in launching Relativity's historic partnership with China's Huaxia Film Distribution Co. Ltd. to become equal partners in Sky Land Entertainment with private-equity firm SAIF Partners and IDG China Media to handle production and distribution of films in China and U.S. This marks the first strategic alliance between a Hollywood film production entity and a Chinese government-sponsored company.[citation needed]

Relativity has produced, distributed, and/or structured financing for more than 200 motion pictures, generating more than $17 billion in worldwide box office revenue and earning 60 Oscar nominations.[3][18] In 2012, Kavanaugh brokered a deal in which billionaire Ron Burkle will partner with Relativity and invest $800 million in the company.[19] As Chairman and the largest shareholder, Kavanaugh will retain control of Relativity and control the majority of the board of directors of Relativity.[20] In 2013, Relativity Media expanded into television (Relativity Television), Sports Management (Relativity Sports) and Digital Content (Relativity Digital), with the aim of leverage divisions to create a global media company.[5]

On July 30, 2015, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[21] Kavanaugh stepped down as CEO at the end of 2016.[22] In May 2018 the company filed for bankruptcy a second time.[22]

So connections to Marvel Studios and to China, and to Richard Branson. Recall too that Soros, and the Obama's have recent ties to Netflix (if I recall correctly) and Netflix has a pedo normalizing line up since then.

Kavanaugh was 21st on Fortune's 40 Under 40 Most Influential People in Business in 2010[32] and in Forbes' Future 400: Ones To Watch. He was named a "Top Thinker" by Esquire.[1][30] He also serves on the boards of other charitable foundations such as Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors and as Chairman of The Art of Elysium.[33]

Any connection to Eva Dubin's charity? His philanthropic focus has been for dogs (animals), and his "dedication to inner-city young people;[40] and by First Star for his dedication to improving life for child victims of abuse and neglect."

think- ago

Thank you for your comments. The Richard Branson link needs to be looked into.

kestrel9 ago

You're welcome, thanks for the post.

The Richard Branson link needs to be looked into.

You got that right ;)

2010 Branson’s Virgin jumps into bed with Kavanaugh