Factbox: David Ellison's leadership team for new Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery
FACTBOX-David Ellison's leadership team for new Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery Updates with completion of deal, adds details
Oct 5 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance PSKY.O on Tuesday completed its blockbuster $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery WBD.O, creating a Hollywood heavyweight called Skydance and handing CEO David Ellison control of one of the world's largest entertainment companies.
The deal's closing ends a saga that saw a back-and-forth bidding war among several suitors.
Paramount Skydance on Monday named the executive team that will lead the combined company, a day before the deal closed.
Here is a look at Skydance's executive leadership:
ENTERPRISE LEADERSHIP
Name | Role at Skydance | From | Past Experience and Other Details |
David Ellison | Chairman and CEO | Paramount | Ellison, current chairman and CEO of Paramount, led the acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery after Skydance Media, which he founded in 2010, acquired Paramount.
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Ynon Kreiz | Co-CEO; Director | Mattel | Kreiz, former CEO of Mattel, also led Europe's Endemol and YouTube channel network Maker Studios. He will oversee the new Skydance's day-to-day operations.
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Gerry Cardinale | Board Director | RedBird Capital Partners | Founder and Managing Partner of RedBird Capital and a Skydance Board Director. |
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Name | Role at Skydance | From | Past Experience and Other Details |
Andy Gordon | President; Director | Paramount | Currently COO of Paramount. He was previously a partner at RedBird Capital Partners, where he led its Los Angeles office and Technology, Media and Telecom investment team. |
Dennis Cinelli | CFO | Paramount | Currently Paramount's CFO and a former Paramount board member. He was CFO of Scale AI, held senior leadership roles at Uber and was CFO of GE Ventures. |
Makan Delrahim | Chief Legal Officer and President, Global Corporate Affairs | Paramount | Currently Paramount's chief legal officer. He has held senior posts at DOJ, the White House, the US Senate and the Office of the US Trade Representative. |
Dane Glasgow | Chief Product Officer | Paramount (joined September 2025) | Previously served as VP of Product Management at Facebook. He held senior leadership positions in product, design, engineering, and general management at Google, eBay and Microsoft. |
Rebecca Mall | Chief Marketing Officer | Paramount | Held senior leadership roles across the entertainment and technology industries, including at William Morris Endeavor, Paramount Pictures, and Google. |
Melissa Zukerman | Chief Communications Officer | Paramount | Currently Paramount's chief communications officer, before which she spent 18 years as managing partner of a communications and public relations advisory firm. |
BUSINESS LEADERS
Name | Role at Skydance | From | Past Experience and Other Details |
Casey Bloys | Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance DTC | WBD | Currently serves as Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content. He joined HBO in 2004 and rose through roles including Executive Vice President of HBO Programming and President of HBO Programming. |
George Cheeks | Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance TV | Paramount | He has been in charge of CBS Studios for the past six years and Co-CEO of Paramount Global. |
Dana Goldberg | Co-Chair, Skydance Motion Picture Group | Paramount | Served as Chief Creative Officer of Skydance Media, having joined in 2010 as President of Production. |
Josh Greenstein | Co-Chair, Skydance Motion Picture Group | Paramount | Former president of Sony Motion Picture Group. |
James Gunn | Co-Chairman, DC Studios | WBD | Creative force behind WBD's 2025 blockbuster Superman and the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. |
Peter Safran | Co-Chairman, DC Studios | WBD | Previously founded and led The Safran Company, producing globally successful franchises including The Conjuring, Aquaman and Shazam! |
Jean-Briac Perrette | Co-Chair and Chief Business Officer, Skydance TV and Skydance DTC | WBD | Most recently served as CEO and President of Global Streaming and Games for Warner Bros Discovery. Earlier, he spent 11 years at NBCUniversal, where he helped create Hulu. |
NEWS EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Name | Role at Skydance | From | Past Experience and Other Details |
Mark Thompson | Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, CNN Worldwide | WBD | Previously served as President and CEO of the New York Times Company. From 2004 to 2012, he was director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation. |
Bari Weiss | Editor-in-Chief, CBS News | Paramount | Weiss is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Free Press, which was acquired by Skydance in 2025. She worked on the opinion pages of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. |
(Reporting by Prathik Jayaprakash in Bengaluru; Editing by Shreya Biswas)
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