COMPANY

Cinema chain founded 1920, when vaudeville performer Ed Durwood (1886-1960) and his brothers purchased the Regent Theatre in downtown Kansas City, MO. With the addition of more locations, the business was renamed Durwood Theatres; then American Multi-Cinema Theatres, and finally AMC Entertainment. Merged with Loews Cineplex Entertainment in 2006. Sold to Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese conglomerate, for $2.6B in 2012. Owns and operates about 350 theaters, mostly in North America, with a total of 5,034 screens.

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

Industry:
Media

Ticker:
AMEX:AEN (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Leawood, KS

Sales:
$2.5B (2007)

Employees:
23,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Peter C. Brown	Business	c. 1959		CEO of AMC Entertainment
Stanley H. Durwood	Business	5-Aug-1920	15-Jul-1999	Father of the multi-screen movie theater

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leon Black	Business	c. 1951		Billionaire, Apollo Management
Peter C. Brown	Business	c. 1959		CEO of AMC Entertainment
Marc J. Rowan	Business	c. 1961		Billionaire, Apollo Management

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Laurence M. Berg	Business	c. 1967		Senior Partner, Apollo Advisors LP
John Connaughton	Business	c. 1967		Bain Capital

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stanley H. Durwood	Business	5-Aug-1920	15-Jul-1999	Father of the multi-screen movie theater
John P. Mascotte	Business	c. 1940		CEO of The Continental Corporation, 1983-95

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