Peter Guber

Howard Peter Guber, born on 1 March 1942, is an American film producer, business executive, entrepreneur, educator and author, and chairman and chief executive of Mandalay Entertainment. He began at Columbia Pictures, where he became vice president of worldwide production in 1973. In 1975 he formed the production company FilmWorks, which in 1976 merged with Casablanca Records to form Casablanca Record & FilmWorks, and in 1980 he renamed the film division PolyGram Pictures, where he was chairman and chief executive. He sold his interest in PolyGram in 1982 and formed the Guber-Peters Company with Jon Peters, then served as co-chairman and chief executive of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Through Mandalay he has owned sports teams, and he is co-executive chairman of the Golden State Warriors and owner and executive chairman of Los Angeles Football Club, which he took over in 2014.