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Paramount Pictures
COMPANY
Founded 1913 by Jesse L. Lasky, Samuel Goldwyn, and Cecil B. DeMille as the Lasky Feature Play Company. Renamed Paramount Pictures in 1927. Acquired by Viacom for $10B in 1993.
Official Website:
http://www.paramountpictures.com/
Industry:
Media
Ticker:
(none)
Corporate headquarters:
Los Angeles, CA
EXECUTIVES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Cecil B. DeMille |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1881 |
21-Jan-1959 |
Pioneering film director |
| Barry Diller |
Business |
2-Feb-1942 |
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CEO of USA Interactive Corp. |
| Michael Eisner |
Business |
7-Mar-1942 |
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CEO of Disney, 1984-2005 |
| Sid Ganis |
Film/TV Producer |
8-Jan-1940 |
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Paramount, Columbia Pictures Executive |
| Samuel Goldwyn |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Aug-1882 |
31-Jan-1974 |
Put the G in MGM |
| Edith Head |
Designer |
28-Oct-1897 |
24-Oct-1981 |
Hollywood costume designer |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg |
Business |
21-Dec-1950 |
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Produced Shrek |
| Howard W. Koch |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Apr-1916 |
16-Feb-2001 |
The Manchurian Candidate |
| Sherry Lansing |
Business |
31-Jul-1944 |
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Former Paramount executive |
| Lucille S. Salhany |
Business |
? |
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CEO of UPN, 1994-97 |
| Adolph Zukor |
Business |
7-Jan-1873 |
10-Jun-1976 |
Founder of Paramount Pictures |
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Barry Diller |
Business |
2-Feb-1942 |
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CEO of USA Interactive Corp. |
| Adolph Zukor |
Business |
7-Jan-1873 |
10-Jun-1976 |
Founder of Paramount Pictures |
NOTABLE EMPLOYEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Maurice Chevalier |
Actor |
12-Sep-1888 |
1-Jan-1972 |
Love Me Tonight |
| Tom Cruise |
Actor |
3-Jul-1962 |
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Flamboyant Scientologist |
| Cary Grant |
Actor |
18-Jan-1904 |
29-Nov-1986 |
North by Northwest |
EMPLOYMENT
EXTRANEOUS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Ayn Rand |
Author |
2-Feb-1905 |
6-Mar-1982 |
Atlas Shrugged |
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