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Meyer, Ron — NBCUniversal. Ron Meyer

Vice Chairman

NBCUniversal

THE LATEST: Hollywood veteran Meyer provides strategic guidance and counsel on all aspects of NBCUniversal, including its film and television assets, as well as the global theme park businesses. Meyer also leads the board of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The museum announced in February that it had reached the 95% mark in its goal for $388 million in pre-opening funding. Major construction has been completed on the museum, and exhibit installation is underway at the facility. Last August, Meyer sold his Malibu home for $100 million.

BACKGROUND: After serving as president and chief operating officer of Universal Studios since 1995, Meyer was promoted to vice chairman in 2013. He came to the company from Creative Artists Agency, the talent agency he co-founded in 1975 with four fellow agents from the William Morris Agency, where he worked as a television agent for five years. Meyer served in the Marine Corps before his start in entertainment at the Paul Kohner Agency.

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