29 Facts About Jerry Perenchio

Andrew Jerrold Perenchio was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist.

Jerry Perenchio was at one time the chairman and chief executive officer of Univision.

Jerry Perenchio was the grandson of Italian immigrants Giovanni Batiste Jerry Perenchio and Madeline D'Adda, who came to the United States in 1896 from the northern Italian village of Pavone.

Jerry Perenchio was raised in Fresno until the age of fifteen, when he was sent to Black Foxe Military Institute in Los Angeles for three-and-a-half years, graduating in 1949.

Jerry Perenchio was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and received an honorable discharge in 1958.

In 1958, Jerry Perenchio joined MCA Inc in the Band and Act Department.

Jerry Perenchio moved up the ranks to become the youngest vice president in the agency's history, and was made Head of the Concert Department for the eleven Western states and the Far East.

Jerry Perenchio worked at MCA for four years until July 13,1962, when the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division shut down MCA's talent-representing operations.

Jerry Perenchio eventually merged with the Hugh French Agency to form Chartwell Artists, which represented actors, directors, writers, musicians, and singers.

In 1969, while in London with Henry Mancini, Jerry Perenchio was introduced to Elton John, who had just recorded his first album.

Jerry Perenchio sold Chartwell in 1971 to Marvin Josephson's International Famous Agency when Jerry Perenchio decided to leave the agency business.

In March 1971, Jerry Perenchio promoted the Fight of the Century at Madison Square Garden that brought together two unbeaten world heavyweight boxing champions, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.

Jerry Perenchio enlisted concert promoters to help sell 1.5 million closed-circuit tickets throughout the United States, and sold the rights in over 100 countries.

In recruiting Horn, Jerry Perenchio wanted to bring someone new into the business, someone with an outside perspective that he could train.

Jerry Perenchio teamed up with Yorkin, separately, to produce the 1982 dystopian science fiction thriller Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford.

In 2002, Jerry Perenchio produced Frida with his wife Margaret Jerry Perenchio, which starred Salma Hayek.

Jerry Perenchio is considered a pioneer of pay television and co-founded National Subscription Television in 1977, which featured mainstream movies, sports events and concert specials and became the largest "over-the-air" pay television network in the world.

From 1985 to 1987 Jerry Perenchio owned the Loews Theaters, with locations in New York, New Jersey, Texas, California and five other states.

Jerry Perenchio served as chairman and chief executive officer, and was the Controlling Shareholder.

Jerry Perenchio sold Univision Communications in March 2007 for $13.5 billion to the Saban Capital Group, led by investor Haim Saban.

Jerry Perenchio was married three times and was separated from his third wife, Margaret Jerry Perenchio.

Jerry Perenchio had one son and two adopted daughters from his first marriage, along with six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

In 1986, Jerry Perenchio purchased the 42-room former Arnold Kirkeby estate in Bel Air known as Chartwell, famed as the Clampett family mansion in the 1960s The Beverly Hillbillies TV series.

Jerry Perenchio remodeled the home to more closely resemble the original design of an authentic 18th-century French chateau.

Jerry Perenchio afterward bought many of the surrounding properties, expanding the compound to nearly 13 acres of land.

Jerry Perenchio died on May 23,2017, of lung cancer in his home at the age of 86.

Jerry Perenchio's holdings include paintings by Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, and Pablo Picasso.

Jerry Perenchio was co-finance director for Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign as well as an early and influential supporter of Carly Fiorina's 2016 presidential primary campaign.

From 2000, Jerry Perenchio served on the board of trustees for The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.