“Kevin A. Mayer”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Kevin A. Mayer is Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer and International division of The Walt Disney Company. He was previously the senior executive vice president and chief strategy officer of Disney where he managed their acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel Entertainment and Lucasfilm.^[1] He also directed the divestitures of Miramax and ABC Radio.

Early life and education

Mayer earned two two electrical engineering degrees, a Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Science from San Diego State University, as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School.^[1]

Business career

In 1993, Kevin Mayer got a job at The Walt Disney Company handling strategy and business development for Disney's Interactive/Internet and television businesses worldwide. He later was promoted to head up Disney Internet group as executive vice president.^[1]

In September 2000, Mayer was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel Interactive, a division of Clear Channel Worldwide. He served in that position until December 2001. He joined L.E.K. Consulting LLC as a partner and head of the global media and entertainment practice in February 2002.^[2]

Mayer rejoined The Walt Disney Company as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Business Development, and Technology in June 2005 the designated in October 2005 as an executive officer.^[2] Mayer was involved with the purchase of Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm, Club Penguin and Maker Studios, as well as its agreement reached in December 2017 to acquire most of the 21th Century Fox assets.^[3] In 2010, he arranged the sale of Miramax to Filmyard Holdings, a group of business including Ronald Tutor of Tutor-Saliba and Tutor Perini construction companies, Colony Capital and its chairman Tom Barrack and ex-Disney CFO Richard Nanula.^[4]

With the Disney purchase control of BAMTech in August 2017, the company CEO reported to Mayer.^[5] Mayer in March 2018 was named chair of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International, a new segment division, which would include various streaming businesses, international channels, ad sales and distribution. In this new position, Mayer would continue to report to Disney CEO Bob Iger.^[3]

References

1. ^¹{{cite web |title=Kevin Mayer Chairman, Direct - to - Consumer and International |url=https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/KevinMayerBio.pdf |website=thewaltdisneycompany.com |publisher=The Walt Disney Company |accessdate=November 12, 2018}}
2. ^¹{{cite news |title=Kevin A. Mayer Profile |url=https://people.forbes.com:80/profile/kevin-a-mayer/79386 |accessdate=November 12, 2018 |work=Forbes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531015448/http://people.forbes.com:80/profile/kevin-a-mayer/79386 |archivedate=May 31, 2012}}
3. ^¹²{{cite news |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |title=Disney Reorganizes Divisions, Creates Dedicated Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Unit |url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/disney-reorganizes-direct-to-consumer-streaming-unit-1202726528/ |accessdate=November 12, 2018 |work=Variety |date=March 14, 2018}}
4. ^{{cite news |last1=Solman |first1=Gregory |last2=Weinstein |first2=Joshua L.|title=Disney deals |url=https://variety.com/2010/scene/markets-festivals/disney-deals-1118028420/ |accessdate=November 12, 2018 |work=Variety |date=December 9, 2010}}
5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/disney-netflix-end-acquires-bamtech-espn-ott-services-1202519917/|title=Disney to End Netflix Deal, Sets Launch of ESPN and Disney-Branded Streaming Services|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=August 8, 2017|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|access-date=August 9, 2017|language=en-US}}