15 Facts About Michael Lynton

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In 2017, Lynton stepped down as CEO of Sony Entertainment to become Chairman of Snap, makers of the Snapchat mobile app.

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Michael Lynton was born to a Jewish family in London on January 1,1960.

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Michael Lynton's father, born Max-Otto Ludwig Loewenstein, was born in 1920 in Stuttgart, Germany, and moved to Berlin two years later when his father was named head of a major German car manufacturing company.

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Michael Lynton later enlisted in the British military, where he served for seven years and worked for the British Intelligence, interrogating German officers.

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Michael Lynton attended the International School of The Hague and transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy for his senior year, graduating in 1978.

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Michael Lynton received his BA in history and literature from Harvard College in 1982.

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In 1987, Michael Lynton joined The Walt Disney Company, where he started Disney Publishing.

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Michael Lynton subsequently served as president of Disney's Hollywood Pictures from 1992 to 1996.

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From 1996 to 2000, Michael Lynton was chairman and chief executive officer of Pearson plc's Penguin Group, extending the Penguin brand to music and the Internet.

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In 2004, Michael Lynton became chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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Michael Lynton led SPE's global operations, including motion pictures, television and digital content production and distribution, as well as home entertainment acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, and the development of new entertainment products, services and technologies.

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Michael Lynton oversaw Sony Pictures Television, which produces and distributes television programming for multiple platforms in the US and around the world.

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Michael Lynton is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the UK government's Film Policy Review group.

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Michael Lynton serves on the board of trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the American Film Institute, as well as the boards of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, the Rand Corporation, IEX Group, and Schrodinger, Inc.

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Michael Lynton joined the board of social media start-up Snapchat in June 2013.