Paramount Skydance names CEO leadership team led by David Ellison, Ynon Kreiz after WBD deal close

By Public Technologies
  • Paramount Skydance named a CEO leadership team to run the combined Skydance group tied to the planned Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition.
  • David Ellison will serve as chairman and CEO; he previously led Paramount and earlier founded Skydance Media in 2010.
  • Ynon Kreiz will serve as co-CEO; he most recently ran Mattel, previously led Maker Studios and Endemol Group.
  • Andy Gordon was named president; he is Paramount’s chief strategy officer and COO, previously a RedBird partner and a longtime Goldman Sachs banker.
  • Ellison, Kreiz, Gordon will join the board, with Ellison as chairman.


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