Anthony Vinciquerra was born on August 30,1954 and is an American film executive who is the chairman and former CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment from 2017 until 2025, until he was succeeded by Ravi Ahuja.
12 Facts About Tony Vinciquerra
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Tony Vinciquerra was previously president and CEO of Fox Networks Group.
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Tony Vinciquerra was born in Albany, New York, and grew up with three sisters in a two-bedroom apartment.
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Tony Vinciquerra performed various odd jobs in his youth, and began working in radio ad sales in college.
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Tony Vinciquerra began his career in television broadcasting ad sales at local stations and later CBS, and was named COO of Hearst-Argyle Television in 1999.
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Tony Vinciquerra joined Fox in December 2001 as president of the Fox Television Network.
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In 2009, Tony Vinciquerra was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.
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Tony Vinciquerra has sat on the boards of directors at Univision, Pandora Media, Motorola Mobility, DirecTV, and Qualcomm.
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In May 2017, it was announced that Tony Vinciquerra would be filling the role of CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, left vacant by Michael Lynton after he announced his departure for Snap Inc Tony Vinciquerra was hired to oversee the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, Sony Pictures Television and worldwide media networks.
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Tony Vinciquerra helped manage the resumed host search, which concluded in July 2022 with deals for Bialik and Ken Jennings as the show's rotating co-hosts.
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Tony Vinciquerra advocated for writers' unions to "come to a common ground" with production companies on the use of generative AI in film and television production.
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In 2001, Tony Vinciquerra moved to Los Angeles and met his wife, Toni Knight, an advertising executive who now owns her own firm.