Paramount Pictures

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Paramount Pictures

COMPANY

Founded 1913 by Jesse L. Lasky, Samuel Goldwyn, and Cecil B. DeMille as the Lasky Feature Play Company. Renamed Paramount Pictures in 1927. Acquired by Viacom for $10B in 1993.

Official Website:
http://www.paramountpictures.com/

Industry:
Media

Ticker:
(none)

Corporate headquarters:
Los Angeles, CA

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Cecil B. DeMille Film Director 12-Aug-1881 21-Jan-1959 Pioneering film director

Barry Diller Business 2-Feb-1942 CEO of USA Interactive Corp.

Michael Eisner Business 7-Mar-1942 CEO of Disney, 1984-2005

Sid Ganis Film/TV Producer 8-Jan-1940 Paramount, Columbia Pictures Executive

Samuel Goldwyn Film/TV Producer 17-Aug-1882 31-Jan-1974 Put the G in MGM

Edith Head Designer 28-Oct-1897 24-Oct-1981 Hollywood costume designer

Jeffrey Katzenberg Business 21-Dec-1950 Produced Shrek

Howard W. Koch Film/TV Producer 11-Apr-1916 16-Feb-2001 The Manchurian Candidate

Sherry Lansing Business 31-Jul-1944 Former Paramount executive

Lucille S. Salhany Business ? CEO of UPN, 1994-97

Adolph Zukor Business 7-Jan-1873 10-Jun-1976 Founder of Paramount Pictures

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Barry Diller Business 2-Feb-1942 CEO of USA Interactive Corp.

Adolph Zukor Business 7-Jan-1873 10-Jun-1976 Founder of Paramount Pictures

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Maurice Chevalier Actor 12-Sep-1888 1-Jan-1972 Love Me Tonight

Tom Cruise Actor 3-Jul-1962 Flamboyant Scientologist

Cary Grant Actor 18-Jan-1904 29-Nov-1986 North by Northwest

EMPLOYMENT

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Yvonne De Carlo Actor 1-Sep-1922 8-Jan-2007 Lily on The Munsters

Frances Gifford Actor 7-Dec-1919 15-Jan-1994 Jungle Girl

Ann Mather Business c. 1960 CFO of Pixar, 1999-2004

David O. Selznick Film/TV Producer 10-May-1902 22-Jun-1965 Producer of A Star Is Born

James Van Praagh Paranormal 23-Aug-1958 Spiritualist faker

EXTRANEOUS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Ayn Rand Author 2-Feb-1905 6-Mar-1982 Atlas Shrugged

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