Peter Chernin
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Peter Chernin (born May 29, 1951) is an American businessman and investor.
He is the chairman and CEO of The Chernin Group (TCG), which he founded in 2010.
TCG manages, operates and invests in businesses in the media, entertainment, and technology sectors.
Specifically, the company focuses on three areas: making investments in technology and media companies in the US, developing premium content for film and television, and capitalizing on strategic business opportunities in emerging markets.
Early life and education
Chernin was born in Harrison, New York, the son of Mary (née Townsend) and Herbert Chernin. Chernin, whose father was Jewish, was raised Unitarian.
He attended and graduated with a B.A. in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley.
Personal life
Chernin married Megan (née Brody) in 1980.
Career
Chernin joined Fox in 1989 from Lorimar Film Entertainment, where he served as president and chief operating officer. He began working as executive vice president of showtime/The Movie Channel as executive vice president of programming and marketing. Chernin, the David Gerber Company's vice president of Development and Production, was vice president of Showtime. He began his career in publishing, first as associate publicity director of St. Martin's Press and then as an editor for Warner Books.
Chernin served as president and chief operating officer of News Corporation and chairman and CEO of the Fox Corporation from 1996 to 2009. He oversaw global operations spanning five continents, including the production and distribution of film and television content; television, satellite, and cable television broadcasting; and News Corp.'s rapid expansion into the digital media and internet space.
Chernin made a name for herself as an executive with a unique blend of both the creative and corporate sides of the entertainment industry during his two decades with News Corporation. He worked with Twentieth Century Fox Filmed Entertainment and, before that, the Fox Broadcasting Company. In the United States and internationally, he has also been instrumental in Fox's meteoric growth in sports, cable, and general entertainment television viewing and distribution.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation produced the two top-grossing films of all time, Titanic and Avatar, under Chernin's leadership; the Fox Broadcasting Company became the No. 1 in the United Kingdom. The top-ranked network in the main demographic of 18- to 49 years olds, as well as Twentieth Century Fox Television, Fox's network production arm, became the No. ONE. All television networks have a one-source of programming.
During Chernin's tenure, News Corporation's cable television network group saw explosive growth during his tenure – from zero to more than 400 million cable subscribers in fewer than ten years. Fox News Channel, FX, Fox Sports Net, Fox Movie Channel, National Geographic Television, SPEED, and the Fox Reality Channel were among the world's most valuable cable collections by the time Chernin left: Fox News Channel, FX, Fox Sports Net, Fox Sports Net, Fox Sports Net, Fox News Channel, Fox News Net, Fox Sports Net, Fox News Channel, National Geographic Television, SPEED, and the Fox Reality Channel were among the most valuable cable assets by the time Chernin Chernin spent four years as chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Filmed Entertainment, where he oversaw all aspects of the company's worldwide film production, marketing, and distribution activities prior to his 1996 debut. Chernin served as president of entertainment for the Fox Broadcasting Company from 1989 to 1992, and the Fox Broadcasting Company's week went from two to all seven nights.
Chernin was expected to leave News Corp. by June 2009, when his deal came to an end, and James Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's youngest son, was rumored in the media, was fired. Peter Chernin, the Wall Street Journal, announced on February 24, 2009, that he had left News Corporation after 20 years to pursue independent entrepreneurial ventures. Chase Carey was named Chernin's replacement at his position on June 4, 2009.
Chernin was approached by the Tribune Company in October 2010 to serve as either CEO or chairman of the board. Chernin's employment in Yahoo had also caused rumors. After Carol Bartz' unexpected departure in September 2011, she's into the future. Chernin denied that he was interested in exploring work with the company at the All Things Digital AsiaD Conference in Hong Kong on October 20, 2011.
Chernin has been the chairman of his own business, The Chernin Group, since his resignation from News Corp. in 2009. TCG's latest clients include Chernin Entertainment, an entertainment production company; a majority interest in CA Media, an Asia-based media investment firm; and several strategic investments in U.S.-based technology and media firms, including Pandora, Fullscreen, Tumblr, Barstool Sports, and Flipboard.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the company's first feature film, was released in August 2011 and has grossed more than $480 million at the global box office. Parental Guidance, a comedy starring Billy Crystal and Bette Midler, was released in December 2012 by Chernin Entertainment, along with Joseph Kosinski, Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise, and Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock, starring Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock.
TCG Media, a media, entertainment, and technology company in Asia, launched CA Media in November 2010. CA Media invested in the Legend Fighting Championship, a Hong Kong-based mixed martial arts promoter. CA Media acquired a 49% interest in Endemol India in April 2012 with the intention of making the nation's largest TV, film, and digital content production firm. At the same time, CA Media invested in Only Much Louder, a music, live shows, and youth media firm in India. AT&T invested $500 million in online video services in April 2014.
Chernin sold a minority stake of TCG to Providence Equity Partners, a leading private equity company, and other private investors in April 2012.
Chernin made a bid for Hulu, an online video streaming service, in April 2013. TCG, which Washington and Lee announced on May 19, 2013, will be sold to Yahoo for US$1.1 billion. TCG reported on December 2, 2013 that they had purchased Crunchyroll, an anime streaming portal in an attempt to increase their online video audience. The deal was expected to be priced at around $100 million. Chernin Media was announced by David Portnoy in a video on January 7, 2016 that Chernin Media was purchasing a majority stake in Barstool Sports and relocating the headquarters to New York City.
Chernin, Jesse Jacobs, and Michael Kerns of The Chernin Group formed TCG Capital Management, an investment advisory firm in 2018. TCG controls private equity investments in media, entertainment, electronics, gaming, sports, and consumer markets. Chernin resigned Crunchyroll's interest in AT&T and the WarnerMedia division in the same year. In 2021, Crunchyroll was sold to Funimation.
Chernin serves on the Boards of American Express, is a co-chair of University of California, Berkeley's board of visitors, and a senior advisor to Providence Equity Partners. He is also chairman and co-founder of Malaria No More, as well as a trustee of Malaria No More UK, a non-profits dedicated to reducing deaths due to malaria. He has served on the boards of Twitter, Pandora, News Corp, DirecTV, E-Trade, and Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.