Title: Superstar of the Hollywood | Ryan Kavanaugh
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Most Renowned Producer in The Entertainment
Industry
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Ryan Kavanaugh is an American businessman, film
producer, and film financier.
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Ryan Colin Kavanaugh (born December 4, 1974) is
an American businessman, film producer and film
financier. He is the founder and CEO of
Relativity Media. Through Relativity, he has
financed more than 200 films representing more
than 17 billion in revenue (earning the nickname
"Billion Dollar Producer"). Ryan Kavanaugh is
credited as of April 19, 2014 as the producer of
61 films. He was named by Variety as 2011's
"Showman of the Year" and was 22 on the Fortune
"40 Under 40" list. He was 19 on the Forbes 2013
list of youngest billionaires, and he entered an
investment partnership with Ron Burkle. He is
active in philanthropy and was named a Hollywood
Humanitarian by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He
is the 24th highest grossing producer in box
office of all time.
5Career
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- Ryan Kavanaugh founded Relativity Media after
briefly serving as a consultant to other small
businesses and venture capitalists. In the late
1990s, he asked his father for a 50,000 loan to
start his own hedge fund his father declined,
but this did not dissuade Ryan Kavanaugh, whose
aim was to use mathematical tools to connect
financing and movie projects in a more efficient
manner than traditional Hollywood finance. - At Relativity, he created what is now known
as "the model", a monte carlo model designed to
predict the odds of a given film being
successful. No film at Relativity is given a
green light unless the model predicts a high
probability of profitability. -
6Honors and Awards
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- Ryan Kavanaugh was honored with the 2009
Hollywood Producer of the Year Award at the 13th
Annual Hollywood Awards Gala and Daily Variety
published a special issue honoring Kavanaugh as a
"Billion Dollar Producer". In 2010, The Hollywood
Reporter bestowed the Leadership Award to
Kavanaugh and the Daily Reporter dedicated a
special issue in his honor as a "Billion Dollar
Producer". He was named Variety's Showman of the
Year, 2011. - Ryan Kavanaugh was 21st on Fortune's 40
Under 40 Most Influential People in Business in
2010 and in Forbes Future 400 Ones To Watch. He
was named a "Top Thinker" by Esquire. He also
serves on the boards of other charitable
foundations such as Cedars-Sinai Board of
Governors and as Chairman of The Art of Elysium
7About Life
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- Ryan Kavanaugh was born to a Jewish family in
Los Angeles, California, where he was raised in
the Brentwood neighborhood, and attended
Brentwood High School. His mother, Leslie(Levin),
is a real estate broker, and his father, Jack
Konitz, a dentist turned businessman, was born in
Germany and later changed his surname to
"Kavanaugh" before his son's birth.
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