The studio has released 42 feature films as of April 2022, including several of the highest-grossing animated films of all time, with Shrek 2 (2004) having been the highest at the time of its release.
The films Kevin Feige has produced at Marvel Studios have a combined worldwide box office gross of over $26.8 billion, making him…
Ruth Porat (born 1958) is a British-American business executive, serving since 2015 as the chief financial officer (CFO) of Alphabet Inc., its subsidiary Google, and several other companies. Porat was CFO and executive vice president of Morgan Stanley from January 2010 to May 2015. In 2020, Porat was listed as the 16th most powerful woman…
He’s the manager for artists such as Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, J Balvin, Demi Lovato, and others…
Jonathan Adler (54) is a potter, interior decorator, author, and entrepreneur. Adler launched his first ceramic collection in 1993 at Barneys New York. Five years later, he expanded into home furnishings, opening his first namesake boutique in Soho, Manhattan. He now has 17 stores and runs an eponymous home interiors business. Adler is openly gay…
Whatever one thinks of Michael Bloomberg as a politician, mayor, or presidential candidate, two things are beyond dispute: He has been phenomenally successful in business and he’s been an extremely generous philanthropist. The 79-year-old former mayor of New York City has built a worldwide, recognized, and respected brand that includes a TV cable channel, a…
Andrew “Andy” Jassy (53) has been at Amazon for nearly a quarter-century. He has served as CEO of Amazon Web Services since its founding 2003. Recently, the company announced that Jassy is slated to replace Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO in the third quarter of 2021; Bezos will become executive chairman. Jassy is also the…
In 2017, Worth — a financial, wealth management, and lifestyle magazine — published an article titled “The 25 Most Important Entrepreneurs of the Past 25 Years.” The piece noted: “In the past quarter century, these men and women not only built massively successful companies, but they also created new categories and products that changed the…
If the name Regeneron rings a bell, it’s probably because it was the antibody drug “cocktail” that President Donald Trump received following his COVID-19 diagnosis. It is also the name of the company that developed the experimental treatment. Regeneron, the corporation, was co-founded in 1988 by Drs. Leonard Schleifer and George D. Yancopoulos. Regeneron has…
In 1988, Dan Wolf (63) — a lifelong aviation buff — founded the regional airline company Cape Air, which began with one route, six employees, and one airplane. Since then it has grown into America’s largest independent regionally based airline. Today Cape Air has 94 aircraft and 1,000 employees; it serves parts of the East…
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