Peter Chernin was born on May 29,1951 and is an American businessman and investor.
17 Facts About Peter Chernin
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Peter Chernin is the chairman and CEO of The Chernin Group, which he founded in 2010.
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Peter Chernin joined Fox in 1989 from Lorimar Film Entertainment, where he served as president and chief operating officer.
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Peter Chernin began his career in publishing, first as associate publicity director of St Martin's Press and later as an editor for Warner Books.
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Peter Chernin headed both Twentieth Century Fox Filmed Entertainment and, earlier, the Fox Broadcasting Company.
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Peter Chernin has had oversight of Fox's tremendous growth in sports, cable and general entertainment television programming and distribution in the US and internationally.
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From 1989 to 1992, Peter Chernin was president of entertainment for the Fox Broadcasting Company, while programming grew from two to all seven nights of the week during that span.
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On February 24,2009, the Wall Street Journal reported that Peter Chernin made the decision to leave News Corporation after 20 years, to pursue independent entrepreneurial ventures.
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Peter Chernin was approached in October 2010 by the Tribune Company to be either CEO or chairman of the board.
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At the All Things Digital's AsiaD Conference in Hong Kong on October 20,2011, Peter Chernin dismissed that he was interested in pursuing opportunities with the company.
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Peter Chernin Entertainment produced Parental Guidance, a comedy starring Billy Crystal and Bette Midler, which was released in December 2012, the sci-fi thriller from Joseph Kosinski, Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise, and The Heat, starring Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock.
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On January 7,2016, it was announced by David Portnoy in a video that Peter Chernin Media was acquiring a majority stake in the popular website Barstool Sports and moving the headquarters to New York City.
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Peter Chernin sits on the Boards of American Express, serves as a co-chair of University of California, Berkeley's board of visitors, and is a senior advisor to Providence Equity Partners.
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Peter Chernin is chairman and co-founder of Malaria No More and a trustee of Malaria No More UK, non-profits dedicated to ending deaths due to malaria.
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Peter Chernin previously served on the boards of Twitter, Pandora, News Corp, DirecTV, E-Trade, and Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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Peter Chernin supported Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 US presidential election.
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Peter Chernin was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.