Howard Peter Guber (created March 1, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an executive, entrepreneur and Number One New York Times bestselling writer. He’s Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment. Guber’s most recent pictures from Mandalay Entertainment contain “The Kids Are All Right”, “Soul Surfer”, and “Bernie”. Guber’s movies have earned over $3 billion world-wide and 50 Academy Award nominations.
Guber can also be a co-owner of two professional sports teams: the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) as well as the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. Peter Guber’s most recent business publication, “Tell to Win — Contact, Get, and Success together with the Hidden Power of Narrative”, became a #1 New York Times bestseller. Guber can also be noticed for other publications such as “Inside The Deep” and “Shootout: Surviving Fame and (Mis)Fortune in Hollywood”, which became a television series on AMC called “Shootout”, which he hosted.
During Guber’s tenure as chairman and CEO, SPE’s Motion Picture Group reached, over four years, an industry-best national box office market share, which averaged seventeen percent. During the exact same interval, Sony Pictures led all competitors with 120 Academy Award nominations, the best four-year total ever for an individual firm.
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
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The Witches of Eastwick, Batman, The Deep, Tango & Cash, The Jacket, Caddyshack II, Vision Quest, Six Weeks, Missing, Our Day Will Come, Machine Man, Sinatra, 42. Episode 42, 41. Sam Mendes, 40. Episode 40
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The perception of power is power.
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Success is more attitude than aptitude.
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He was originally the producer of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) and hired three people, whom many felt were wrong for the project: writer Michael Cristofer, director Brian De Palma, and star Tom Hanks. He quit before filming began to go work for another company, and even though, he is credited as Executive Producer in the opening credits, the critics didn't mention him in their reviews as they blamed Cristofer, De Palma and Hanks for the fiasco.
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Guber is chairman and chief executive officer of Mandalay, which includes Mandalay Pictures, Mandalay Television, Mandalay Sports Entertainment, Mandalay Media Arts, and Mandalay E-Media.
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Became co-owner, with Magic Johnson, Mark Walter and Stan Kasten, of MLB's L.A. Dodgers with a bid of $2.15 billion [May 3, 2012].
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Entertainment and media analyst.
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Became co-owner, with Joe Lacob, of NBA's "Golden State Warriors" with a bid of $450 million [July 15, 2010].
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Received his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Law and Juris Doctorate degrees and was admitted to the New York and California Bars.
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Is a Boston Red Sox fan.
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He was head of Columbia Pictures from the late 1980s to the early 1990s with partner Jon Peters. Their rocky tenure as head of the company was documented in the book "Hit and Run".
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He was a juror on the Beverly Hills shoplifting trial of actress Winona Ryder in November, 2002. She was found guilty of vandalism and grand theft over an incident that happened on December 12, 2001. She was acquitted of a third charge, burglary.
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He formed Polygram Pictures with producing partner Jon Peters in 1980.
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Cofounded Casablanca Records and Filmworks in 1976.
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