By Anna Mae Areja -
Manila - Academy award-winning producer and Golden State Warriors executive chairman and co-owner Peter Guber has arrived Manila Tuesday March 20, 2018 as the featured speaker in the ABS-CBN News Channel s (ANC) Leadership Series at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila.
Guber, Mandalay Entertainment chairman and chief executive officer, talks about his experiences as an executive and entrepreneur in media, sports and technology in the forum entitled “Telling Stories, Winning Games.”
Prior to founding Mandalay Entertainment, Guber was chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, chairman and CEO of Polygram Entertainment, co-founder of Casablanca Record & Film works and president of Columbia Pictures.
He produced or executive produced (personally or through his companies) films that garnered five Best Picture Academy Award nominations (winning for Rain Man) and box office hits that include The Color Purple, Midnight Express, Batman, Flashdance, The Kids Are All Right and Soul Surfer.
The media and sports mogul is executive chairman and co-owner of the reigning NBA champion Golden State Warriors, an owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, an owner and executive chairman of Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC), co-chairman of aXiomatic, an esports and gaming company and is an owner of Team Liquid, a premier esports organization.
He is also an investor and chairman of the advisory board for NextVR, which offers exclusive access to sports, music, and entertainment immersive experiences in virtual reality.
Guber is a Regent of the University of California, a full professor at UCLA, and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Tell to Win, Connect Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story.
He is the third featured speaker in the ANC Leadership Series, which began in 2016 with Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, followed by former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright in 2017.
The ANC Leadership Series is part of the country’s premier all-English cable news channel’s efforts to raise the level of discourse on global affairs and business issues in the country by bringing renowned international speakers for a one-day speaking engagement.
