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Peter Guber is a successful and inspiring entrepreneur and bestselling author. He is the CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, the owner of the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Dodgers and the LAFC (MLS).
A successful executive and entrepreneur in various industries.Peter Guber currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment Group. Prior to Mandalay, he was Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Chairman and CEO of Polygram Entertainment, Co-Founder of Casablanca Record & Filmworks and President of Columbia Pictures.
Peter Guber produced or executive produced films that garnered five Best Picture Academy Award nominations (winning for Rain Man) and box office hits that include The Color Purple, Midnight Express, Batman, Flashdance, The Kids Are All Right, and Soul Surfer.
Peter Guber is Co-Owner and Co-Executive Chairman of the 2015, 2017 and 2018 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors, an Owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and an Owner and Executive Chairman of Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC). Guber is also Co-Chairman of aXiomatic, an esports and gaming company.
Peter Guber was named Business Person of the Year by the Los Angeles Business Journal. In 2017, he was appointed to the University of California Board of Regents by the Governor of California, Edmund G. Brown Jr. In 2017, he was given the UCLA Medal by UCLA’s CEO, Chancellor Gene Block, the highest honor for extraordinary accomplishment that may be bestowed upon an individual by UCLA. In 2018, Guber was inducted into the Bay Area Business Hall of Fame by the Bay Area Council.
Peter Guber is a noted author with works including Shootout: Surviving Fame and (Mis)Fortune in Hollywood, which became a 7-year television series on AMC, which he also hosted. Guber wrote the cover article for the Harvard Business Review titled, The Four Truths of the Storyteller. His most recent business book, Tell to Win, became an instant #1 New York Times bestseller.
