LA500 2021
The Business Journal’s sixth annual LA500 celebrates the most influential leaders and impactful executives in Los Angeles. Many of the members on this year’s list demonstrated innovation and agility in the face of unprecedented challenges over the past year. And their vision and creativity can be counted on to help the city move forward. The Business Journal is pleased to highlight these leaders who will figure prominently as the pandemic begins to ease and the economy starts to recover.
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
Josh Schimmels
Publisher & CEO
LA500 2021 FEATURES
- LA500 2021: Celebrating the Leaders Who Continue to Drive the City Forward
- How Elaine Batchlor Steered Hard-Hit MLK Community Hospital Through the Pandemic
- Henrik Fisker Is Ready to Roll Again
- WGA President David Goodman on His Epic Union Fight
- Activision’s Bobby Kotick on Pandemic Moves and the Power of Franchises
- Jade Mills on Her $6 Billion Real Estate Career
LA500 2021 CATEGORIES
Arts & Philanthropy | Banks | Civic Leaders | Construction & Architecture | Education | Finance | Health Care | Law | Manufacturing & Retail | Media & Entertainment | Professional Services | Real Estate | Sports | Tech |
Arts & Philanthropy
- William Ahmanson — Ahmanson Foundation
- Wallis Annenberg — Annenberg Foundation
- Nicolas Berggruen — Berggruen Institute
- Edythe Broad — Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
- James Cuno — J. Paul Getty Trust
- Robert Day — W.M. Keck Foundation
- David Geffen — David Geffen Co.
- Michael Govan — Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Vera Guerin
- Antonia Hernández — California Community Foundation
- Bill Kramer — Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
- Sherry Lansing — Sherry Lansing Foundation
- Bruce Meyer — Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation
- Lowell Milken — Milken Family Foundation
- Michael Milken — Milken Institute
- Rachel Moore — Music Center
- Ann Philbin — Hammer Museum at UCLA
- Gerun Riley — Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
- Marvin Schotland — Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
- Renata Simril — LA84 Foundation
- Chad Smith — Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Banks
- Raul Anaya — Bank of America Corp.
- Bita Ardalan — MUFG Union Bank
- Ed Bagdasarian — Intrepid Investment Bankers
- Leon Blankstein — American Business Bank
- David Brager — Citizens Business Bank
- Kevin Burke — Trinity Capital
- Kelly Coffey — City National Bank
- Olivier de Givenchy — JPMorgan Private Bank
- Jason DiNapoli — 1st Century Bank
- Mike Dokmanovich — Comerica Bank
- Gene Dunford — Umpqua Bank
- Steve Flynn — BBVA Compass
- Jim Freedman — Intrepid Investment Bankers
- Russell Goldsmith — City National Bank
- Bob Graziano — JPMorgan Private Bank
- Lloyd Greif — Greif & Co.
- Nikki Katz — Bank of America Corp.
- Kevin Kim — Hope Bancorp Inc.
- Joanne Kim — CBB Bancorp Inc.
- Simone Lagomarsino — Luther Burbank Corp.
- Bonita “Bonnie” Lee — Hanmi Financial Corp.
- Chang Liu — Cathay General Bancorp
- Rudy Medina — U.S. Bank
- Noor Menai — CTBC Bank Corp. (USA)
- Kenneth Moelis — Moelis & Co.
- Joel Montminy — Montminy & Co.
- Andy Moore — B. Riley Securities
- Dominic Ng — East West Bancorp Inc.
- Jocelyn Pastore — Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc.
- Nishen Radia — FocalPoint Partners
- Jason Reese — Imperial Capital Group
- Bryant Riley — B. Riley Financial Inc.
- Greg Seibly — Union Bank
- David Shaheen — JPMorgan Corporate Client Banking
- Steve Solk — CIT Bank
- Duane Stullich — FocalPoint Partners
- Stender Sweeney II — Wells Fargo & Co.
- Betty Uribe — JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Mark Vidergauz — Sage Group
- Matthew Wagner — PacWest Bancorp
- Daniel Walker — Farmers & Merchants Bank
- Wayne Ward — California Bank & Trust
- Jared Wolff — Banc of California
- Randall Wooster — Imperial Capital
Civic Leaders
- Martin Adams — L.A. Department of Water and Power
- Bill Allen — Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.
- Adam Burke — Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board
- James Butts — City of Inglewood
- Mario Cordero — Port of Long Beach
- Fesia Davenport — County of Los Angeles
- Peter Diamandis — XPrize Foundation
- Scott Drury — Southern California Gas Co.
- Ron Galperin — City of Los Angeles
- Eric Garcetti — City of Los Angeles
- David Huerta — Service Employees International Union, United Service Workers West
- Earvin “Magic” Johnson — Magic Johnson Enterprises
- Kevin Payne — Southern California Edison
- Pedro Pizarro — Edison International
- Michael Rich — Rand Corp.
- Maria Salinas — Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
- Gene Seroka — Port of Los Angeles
- Steve Soboroff — Los Angeles Police Commission
- Stephanie Wiggins — Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Construction & Architecture
- Dan Batrack — Tetra Tech Inc.
- Jeff Bernards — Bernards Bros. Inc.
- Andy Cohen — Gensler
- Joseph Derhake — Partner Engineering and Science Inc.
- John Finn — W.E. O’Neil
- Frank Gehry — Gehry Partners
- Ray Haj — Swinerton Builders
- Michael Maltzan — Michael Maltzan Architecture Inc.
- Christopher Martin — AC Martin Partners Inc.
- Paul Martinkovic — Jerde Partnership Inc.
- Carl McLarand — MVE and Partners Inc.
- Reed McMains — Turner Construction Co.
- Jeffrey Mezger — KB Home
- Eric Nichol — Moffatt & Nichol
- Lara Poloni — AECOM
- Dana Roberts — C.W. Driver Cos.
- Troy Rudd — AECOM
- Gust Soteropulos — Webcor Builders
- Ken Summers — Suffolk Construction Co.
- Ronald Tutor — Tutor Perini Corp.
- Jill Wittnebel — Gensler
Education
- Erika Beck — Cal State Northridge
- Antonio Bernardo — UCLA Anderson School of Management
- Gene Block — UCLA
- Lorne Buchman — Art Center College of Design
- Jane Close Conoley — Cal State Long Beach
- Soraya Coley — Cal Poly Pomona
- William Covino — Cal State Los Angeles
- Elizabeth Daley — USC
- Carol Folt — USC
- Geoffrey Garrett — USC
- James Gash — Pepperdine University
- Len Jessup — Claremont Graduate University
- Ravi Rajan — California Institute of the Arts
- Francisco Rodriguez — Los Angeles Community College District
- Thomas Rosenbaum — Caltech
- Dayle Smith — Loyola Marymount University
- Timothy Law Snyder — Loyola Marymount University
- Chandra Subramaniam — Cal State Northridge
- Deryck van Rensburg — Pepperdine University
- Yannis Yortsos — Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
Finance
- Timothy Armour — Capital Group Cos. Inc.
- Mark Attanasio — Crescent Capital Group
- Donald Bizub — Western International Securities Inc.
- Todd Boehly — Eldridge Industries
- Ron Burkle — Yucaipa Cos.
- Michael Casey — Whittier Trust Co.
- David Cohen — Karlin Asset Management Inc.
- John Danhakl — Leonard Green & Partners
- Jacky Dilfer — Business Finance Capital
- Behdad Eghbali — Clearlake Capital
- Lewis Feldman — Heritage CRETech Ventures
- José Feliciano — Clearlake Capital
- Joshua Friedman — Canyon Partners
- Jeffrey Glassman — Covington Capital Management
- Alec Gores — The Gores Group
- Tom Gores — Platinum Equity
- Jeffrey Gundlach — DoubleLine Capital
- Don Hankey — Westlake Financial Services Inc.
- Jeri Harman — Avante Capital Partners
- Michele Havens — Northern Trust
- Dan Henry — Green Dot Corp.
- Mike Jones — Science Inc.
- Neil Kadisha — Omninet Capital
- Bruce Karsh — Oaktree Capital Management
- David Lippman — TCW Group Inc.
- Neil Malik — K1 Investment Management
- Eric Manlunas — Wavemaker Partners
- Rory McKinney — D.A. Davidson & Co.
- Kevin Miller — Thorofare Capital
- Scott Minerd — Guggenheim Partners
- Charlie Munger — Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
- Bruce Munster — Merrill Private Wealth Management
- Marc Nathanson — Mapleton Investments
- Kara Nortman — Upfront Ventures
- Anthony Pritzker — Pritzker Group
- Antony Ressler — Ares Management Corp.
- Haim Saban — Saban Capital Group Inc.
- Dana Settle — Greycroft
- Kevin Shields — Griffin Capital Co.
- Robert Sinnott — Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors
- Harry Sloan — Eagle Equity Partners
- Jonathan Sokoloff — Leonard Green & Partners
- Mark Suster — Upfront Ventures
- Peter Thiel — Thiel Capital
- Eric Wedbush — Wedbush Capital
- Gary Winnick — Winnick & Co.
Health Care
- Christopher Anzalone — Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Alan Auerbach — Puma Biotechnology Inc.
- Elaine Batchlor — MLK Community Healthcare
- Arie Belldegrun — Bellco Capital, Allogene Therapeutics
- Trevor Bezdek — GoodRx Holdings Inc.
- Robert Bradway — Amgen Inc.
- Rob Curry — Emanate Health
- Ahmed Enany — Southern California Biomedical Council
- Rodney Hanners — Keck Medicine of USC
- Douglas Hirsch — GoodRx Holdings Inc.
- Ming Hsieh — Fulgent Genetics Inc.
- Stephanie Hsieh — Biocom
- Alice Issai — Adventist Health Glendale
- Kevin Manemann — Providence Southern California
- Kelsey Martin — UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
- John Mazziotta — UCLA Health Sciences, UCLA Health
- Gary Michelson — Michelson Medical Research Foundation
- Julie Miller-Phipps — Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals
- Thomas Priselac — Cedars-Sinai Health System
- John Raffoul — Adventist Health White Memorial
- Prem Reddy — Prime Healthcare Services Inc.
- Patrick Soon-Shiong — NantWorks
- Johnese Spisso — UCLA Health, UCLA Hospital System, UCLA Health Sciences
- Robert Stone — City of Hope
- Gustavo Valdespino — Valley Presbyterian Hospital
- Paul Viviano — Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
- James West — PIH Health
- Joseph Zubretsky — Molina Healthcare Inc.
Law
- Angela Agrusa — DLA Piper
- Bob Baradaran — Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger
- Adam Bass — Buchalter
- Susan Booth — Holland & Knight
- Joshua Briones — Mintz
- Kathleen Brown — Manatt Phelps & Phillips
- William Capps — Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell
- Apalla Chopra — O’Melveny & Myers
- Morgan Chu — Irell & Manella
- Noel Cohen — Polsinelli
- Robyn Crowther — Steptoe & Johnson
- Michael De Vries — Kirkland & Ellis
- Bonnie Eskenazi — Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger
- Lisa Gilford — Sidley Austin
- Patricia Glaser — Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro
- Justin Goldstein — Sklar Kirsh
- John Hueston — Hueston Hennigan
- Mack Jenkins — U.S. Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles
- George David Kieffer — Manatt Phelps & Phillips
- Ari Lanin — Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Stephen Larson — Larson
- Steven Lewis — Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
- Stuart Liner — DLA Piper
- Jana Lubert — Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
- Michael Mallow — Shook Hardy & Bacon
- Edith Matthai — Robie & Matthai
- Sanford Michelman — Michelman & Robinson
- Yuri Mikulka — Alston & Bird
- Louis “Skip” Miller — Miller Barondess
- Gretchen Nelson — Nelson & Fraenkel
- Richard Pachulski — Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
- Brian Panish — Panish Shea & Boyle
- Daniel Petrocelli — O’Melveny & Myers
- Stacy D. Phillips — Blank Rome
- Jennifer Post — Thompson Coburn
- John Quinn — Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
- Andrew Raines — Raines Feldman
- Lyne Richardson — Ogletree Deakins
- Jason Russell — Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
- Paul Rutter — Cozen O’Connor
- Eric Sagerman — BakerHostetler
- Larry Seymour — Latham & Watkins
- Adam Streisand — Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
- Julia Strickland — Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
- Shiraz Tangri — Meyers Nave
- Ellisen Turner — Kirkland & Ellis
- Glenn Vanzura — Mayer Brown
- Alex Weingarten — Venable
- Debra Wong Yang — Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
- Pardis Zomorodi — Latham & Watkins
Manufacturing & Retail
- Carlos Alberini — Guess Inc.
- Roy Azevedo — Raytheon Technologies
- Jeff Babione — Lockheed Martin Corp.
- Dan Bane — Trader Joe’s Co.
- Peter Beck — Rocket Lab USA Inc.
- Stephen Berman — Jakks Pacific Inc.
- Jeff Bezos — Amazon.com Inc.
- Michael Broukhim — FabFitFun Inc.
- Daniel Broukhim — FabFitFun Inc.
- Ethan Brown — Beyond Meat Inc.
- Mitch Butier — Avery Dennison Corp.
- Eileen Drake — Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc.
- Tim Ellis — Relativity Space Inc.
- Robyn Rihanna Fenty — Savage X Fenty
- Henrik Fisker — Fisker Inc.
- Josh Giegel — Hyperloop Technologies Inc.
- Adam Goldenberg — TechStyle Fashion Group
- Robert Greenberg — Skechers USA Inc.
- Dan Hart — Virgin Orbit
- Steven Isakowitz — Aerospace Corp.
- George Joseph — Mercury General Corp.
- Kim Kardashian West — KKW Beauty Inc., Skims Body Inc.
- Ynon Kreiz — Mattel Inc.
- Yul Ku — Koos Manufacturing
- Clay Lacy — Clay Lacy Aviation Inc.
- Isaac Larian — MGA Entertainment Inc.
- Dominic Lowe — Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
- Eddy Lu — 1661 Inc.
- Michael Mente — Revolve Group
- Ilse Metchek — California Fashion Association
- David Murdock — Castle & Cooke Inc.
- Elon Musk — SpaceX, Boring Co., Tesla Motors Inc.
- Dennis Organ — Smithfield Foods Inc.
- Wolfgang Puck — Wolfgang Puck Worldwide Inc.
- Lynda Resnick — Wonderful Co.
- Stewart Resnick — Wonderful Co.
- Steven Roth — World Oil Corp.
- Richard Saghian — Fashion Nova
- Gwynne Shotwell — Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- Eric Smidt — Harbor Freight Tools USA Inc.
- Anastasia Soare — Anastasia Beverly Hills Inc.
- Steven Udvar-Házy — Air Lease Corp.
Media & Entertainment
- J.J. Abrams — Bad Robot Productions
- Byron Allen — Entertainment Studios Inc. and Allen Media Group
- Paul Audley — FilmLA
- Alan Bergman — Walt Disney Studios
- Scooter Braun — Ithaca Holdings, HYBE
- Karen Brodkin — Endeavor Group Holdings Inc.
- Maverick Carter — SpringHill Entertainment
- Gabrielle Carteris — SAG-AFTRA
- Bob Chapek — Walt Disney Co.
- Peter Chernin — Chernin Group
- Ted Chervin — ICM Partners
- Michael Eisner — Tornante Co.
- Ariel Emanuel — Endeavor Group Holdings Inc.
- Jon Feltheimer — Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
- Bob Gazzale — American Film Institute
- Jim Gianopulos — Paramount Studios
- David Goodman — Writers Guild of America West
- Lucian Grainge — Universal Music Group
- Brian Grazer — Imagine Entertainment
- Alan Horn — Walt Disney Studios
- Dawn Hudson — Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Kevin Huvane — Creative Artists Agency
- Robert Iger — Walt Disney Co.
- Kathleen Kennedy — Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Kevin LeGrett — iHeartMedia Inc.
- Tim Leiweke — Oak View Group
- Bryan Lourd — Creative Artists Agency
- Richard Lovett — Creative Artists Agency
- Alex Meruelo — Meruelo Group
- Lachlan Murdoch — News Corp., Fox Corp.
- James Murdoch — Lupa Systems
- Rupert Murdoch — Fox Corp., News Corp.
- Sam Nazarian — SBE Entertainment Group
- David Nevins — CBS, Showtime Networks Inc.
- Jay Penske — Penske Media Corp.
- Michael Rapino — Live Nation Entertainment Inc.
- Shonda Rhimes — Shondaland
- Tom Ryan — Pluto TV, ViacomCBS
- Jennifer Salke — Amazon.com Inc.
- Ted Sarandos — Netflix Inc.
- Jeff Shell — NBCUniversal
- Chris Silbermann — ICM Partners
- Michael Sitrick — Sitrick and Co.
- Jeffrey Skoll — Participant Media
- Steven Spielberg — Amblin Partners
- Patrick Whitesell — Endeavor Group Holdings Inc.
- Oprah Winfrey — Harpo Productions
- Jeremy Zimmer — United Talent Agency
Professional Services
- Kristen Allison — Burnham, A Baldwin Risk Partner
- Peter Arkley — Alliant Insurance Services Inc.
- Tom Barry — GHJ
- Ken Coelho — Armanino
- Mark Demos — Crowe
- Terry Feit — Deloitte
- Scott Firestone — Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
- Andrew Forchelli — HUB International
- Michael Fox — Willis Towers Watson Public Ltd. Co.
- Brian Hegarty — Marsh & McLennan Agency
- Philip Holthouse — Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt
- Catherine Hyodo — Grant Thornton
- Stefanie Kane — PwC
- Joseph Mazza — RSM US
- John Monroe — SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services
- Caroline Nahas — Korn Ferry
- Patrick Niemann — Ernst & Young
- Timothy Noonan — Lockton Pacific Series
- Rick Parent — Gumbiner Savett Inc.
- James Parks — CBIZ MHM
- David Poms — Poms & Associates
- Tom Schulte — Armanino
- Sean Smith — Keenan
- Carol Suruki-Carmany — Moss Adams
- Craig Weaver — Baker Tilly
- Michelle Wroan — KPMG
Real Estate
- Josh Altman — Douglas Elliman Real Estate
- Rob Antrobius — Prologis Inc.
- Santiago Arana — The Agency
- Sonny Astani — Astani Enterprises Inc.
- Peter Belisle — Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.
- John Bendheim — Bendheim Enterprises Inc.
- Stanley Black — Black Equities
- Jon Blanchard — BLVD Hospitality
- Phil Brodkin — Newmark Group Inc.
- Sean Burton — Cityview
- Rick Caruso — Caruso
- Victor Coleman — Hudson Pacific Properties Inc.
- Chris Cortazzo — Compass
- John Cushman III — Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
- Clare De Briere — Skanska
- Paul DeMartini — Tishman Speyer Properties
- Brett Dedeaux — Dedeaux Properties
- Bert Dezzutti — Brookfield Properties
- Todd Doney — CBRE Group Inc.
- Jamie Duran — Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
- Josh Flagg — Rodeo Realty Inc.
- Sally Forster Jones — Compass
- Michael Frankel — Rexford Industrial Realty Inc.
- Scott Gillen — Unvarnished Co.
- Tom Gilmore — Gilmore Associates
- Cliff Goldstein — GPI Cos.
- Michael Hackman — Hackman Capital Partners
- Bob Hart — TruAmerica Multifamily
- Ronald Havner Jr. — Public Storage
- Rick Hilton — Hilton & Hyland Real Estate Inc.
- Lewis Horne — CBRE Group Inc.
- Jeff Hyland — Hilton & Hyland Real Estate Inc.
- David Josker — Colliers
- John Kilroy — Kilroy Realty Corp.
- Aaron Kirman — Compass
- Shaul Kuba — CIM Group Inc.
- Kamini Lane — Compass
- Jonathan Larsen — Avison Young Inc.
- Jaime Lee — Jamison Realty Inc.
- Garrett Lee — Jamison Properties
- Syd Leibovitch — Rodeo Realty Inc.
- Robert Lowe — Lowe
- Jay Luchs — Newmark Group Inc.
- James Malone — Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.
- Andrew McDonald — Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
- John McMillan — Newmark Group Inc.
- Jade Mills — Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
- David Nagel — Decron Properties Corp.
- Kofi Nartey — Society Real Estate & Development
- Steve Needleman — Orpheum Theatre and Anjac Properties
- Ramtin Ray Nosrati — Huntington Estate Properties
- Thomas O’Hern — Macerich Co.
- Geoffrey Palmer — G.H. Palmer Associates
- Tami Pardee — Pardee Properties
- Drew Planting — GPI Cos.
- Gerald Porter — Cresa
- Kurt Rappaport — Westside Estate Agency Inc.
- Wayne Ratkovich — Ratkovich Co.
- Richard Ressler — CIM Group
- Christopher Rising — Rising Realty Partners
- Nelson Rising — Rising Realty Partners
- Ed Roski Jr. — Majestic Realty Co.
- Rob Rubano — Cushman & Wakefield
- Brian Saenger — Ratkovich Co.
- David Schwartzman — Harridge Development Group
- Howard Schwimmer — Rexford Industrial Realty Inc.
- Kevin Shannon — Newmark Group Inc.
- John Shea — J.F. Shea Co. Inc.
- Avi Shemesh — CIM Group
- Stephen Somer — Eastdil Secured
- Donald Sterling — Donald T. Sterling Corp., Beverly Hills Properties
- Rochelle “Shelly” Sterling — Donald T. Sterling Corp.
- Mark Sullivan — Savills Inc.
- Mauricio Umansky — The Agency
- Nadine Watt — Watt Cos. Inc.
- Mark Weinstein — MJW Investments
- Richard Weintraub — Weintraub Real Estate Group
- Rayni Williams — Williams & Williams Estates Group
- Michael Williamson — Sotheby’s International Realty
- Jeffrey Worthe — Worthe Real Estate Group Inc.
- Richard Ziman — Rexford Industrial Realty Inc.
Sports
- Steve Ballmer — Los Angeles Clippers
- Jeanie Buss — Los Angeles Lakers
- Kevin Demoff — Los Angeles Rams
- Andrew Friedman — Los Angeles Dodgers
- LeBron James — Los Angeles Lakers, Springhill Entertainment
- Stan Kasten — Los Angeles Dodgers
- Stan Kroenke — Los Angeles Rams
- Kathryn Schloessman — Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission
- Dean Spanos — Los Angeles Chargers
- Mark Walter — Los Angeles Dodgers
- Casey Wasserman — Wasserman
- Jerry West — Los Angeles Clippers
- Gillian Zucker — Los Angeles Clippers
Tech
- Paul Bricault — Amplify.LA, Greycroft
- Mahi de Silva — Triller Network
- Chris DeWolfe — Jam City Inc.
- Andy Dinh — SoloMid Corp.
- Walter Driver — Scopely Inc.
- Neil Druckmann — Naughty Dog
- Jack Etienne — Cloud9 Esports Inc.
- Javier Ferreira — Scopely Inc.
- Chris Greeley — Riot Games Inc.
- Brad Greiwe — Fifth Wall
- Bill Gross — Idealab
- William Hsu — Mucker Capital
- Ryan Hudson — Honey Science Corp.
- Richard Jun — BAM Ventures
- Bobby Kotick — Activision Blizzard Inc.
- Ashton Kutcher — Sound Ventures
- Robert Kyncl — YouTube
- Nicolo Laurent — Riot Games Inc.
- Brian Lee — BAM Ventures
- Ara Mahdessian — ServiceTitan Inc.
- Steve Malony — Belkin International
- Sumant Mandal — March Capital Partners
- Ken McBride — Stamps.com Inc.
- Bobby Murphy — Snap Inc.
- Scott Painter — NextCar Holding Company Inc.
- Vanessa Pappas — TikTok
- Delane Parnell — Play Versus Inc.
- Ted Price — Insomniac Games Inc.
- Erik Rannala — Mucker Capital
- George Ruan — PayPal, Honey Science Corp.
- Oliver Schusser — Apple Inc.
- Vivek Shah — J2 Global Inc.
- Shawn Silver — PaymentCloud Inc.
- Jamie Siminoff — Ring Inc.
- Evan Spiegel — Snap Inc.
- Lee Trink — FaZe Clan Inc.
- John Tu — Kingston Technology Corp.
- Meg Tucker — Alphabet Inc.
- Travis VanderZanden — Bird Rides Inc.
- Brendan Wallace — Fifth Wall
- Evan Wells — Naughty Dog
See Past Editions of the LA500
Register today for the free online LA500 event on June 2, 2021, which will feature conversations with some of this year’s LA500 honorees. This digital panel discussion will provide LABJ readers with a chance to listen to, learn from and engage with some of the most dynamic and impactful executives leading our region.
For the full LA500 2021 Special Edition, see the May 31, 2021, print issue.
