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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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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

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


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