David Maisel is an American film and Broadway producer, entertainment businessman and the architect of the self-financed and self-producing Marvel Studios.
14 Facts About David Maisel
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David Maisel is the executive producer of Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, and The Angry Birds Movie.
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At the helm of Livent, Maisel won the Tony Award for Best Musical for the Broadway production, Fosse.
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David Maisel graduated from Duke University and then earned an MBA from Harvard University.
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David Maisel joined Creative Artists Agency in 1994 as a corporate advisory agent working with Michael Ovitz, the agency's founder and CEO.
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David Maisel restructured the company and then engineered the sale of Livent to SFX in 1999 for $100 to $110 million.
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From 1999 to 2001, David Maisel was Managing Director of chello, Europe's largest broadband-service provider.
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In 2001, David Maisel joined Endeavor Talent Agency to lead its corporate strategy and business development efforts.
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In 2003, David Maisel pitched Marvel Studios' CEO and Chairman, Avi Arad and then pitched CEO, Isaac Perlmutter, on his idea of Marvel financing and producing its own movies in a connected cinematic universe.
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In 2005, David Maisel was promoted to Vice Chairman of Marvel Studios and, in 2006, David Maisel was elevated to the Office of the CEO of Marvel Entertainment.
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David Maisel was promoted to Marvel Studios' Chairman in 2007 and oversaw the launch of the first Iron Man franchise film in 2008.
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In 2009, David Maisel arranged the sale of Marvel to Disney for $4 billion.
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In July 2011, David Maisel was hired by Rovio Entertainment to lead its efforts to make an Angry Birds movie as Special Advisor and Executive Producer of The Angry Birds Movie.
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In 2018, The New York Times reported that David Maisel partnered with Scooter Braun to launch Mythos Studios, which acquired half of Aspen Comics.