Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jeffrey Katzenberg is an American media proprietor and film producer who currently serves as founding partner of WndrCo, a venture capital firm investing in digital media projects. He previously served as chairman of Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994 and co-founded DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen in 1994, where he was CEO of DreamWorks Animation until 2016. He is best known for reviving Disney's animation division during the late 1980s and 1990s with films such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and The Lion King, and for producing DreamWorks animated franchises including Shrek, Madagascar, and Kung Fu Panda.
“He leaves and starts a competitor. DreamWorks. Yes. With Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. And the intention is DreamWorks is going to be a full stack Disney competitor.”
Source→“We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make a statement. But to make money, it is often important to make history, to make art, or to make some significant statement.”
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