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David Geffen

1943 - Today

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David Lawrence Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is an American film producer, record executive, and media proprietor. In music, he co-founded Asylum Records with Elliot Roberts in 1971 before founding Geffen Records in 1980, DGC Records in 1990, and co-founding DreamWorks Records (with Mo Ostin, Michael Ostin and Lenny Waronker) in 1996. In film, he founded the Geffen Film Company in 1982 and co-founded DreamWorks SKG (with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg) in 1994. According to Forbes, he is the wealthiest person in the global entertainment industry with an estimated net worth of US$9 billion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Geffen is the 421st most popular businessperson (down from 394th in 2019), the 5,454th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,723rd in 2019) and the 135th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, David Geffen ranks 421 out of 847. Before him are Gustav Wiederkehr, Lawrence Stroll, Ivy Lee, Stafford Beer, Frédéric Vasseur, and Jim Walton. After him are Choi Soon-sil, John Munro Longyear, Clayton Christensen, William R. Orthwein, David Baszucki, and Susanne Klatten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, David Geffen ranks 350. Before him are Marcos Valle, Lobo, Juan Mujica, József Csatári, Vaclav Smil, and Tim Schenken. After him are Reinhard Libuda, Roy Black, Martin Peters, Soledad Miranda, Oleg Vidov, and Eberhard Vogel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Geffen ranks 5,454 out of 20,380. Before him are James Russo (1953), Florence Lee (1888), Howard Keel (1919), V. C. Andrews (1923), Anna Katharine Green (1846), and Murray Leinster (1896). After him are Andrew Robinson (1942), Jane Adams (1965), Carmen McRae (1922), Mike Todd (1909), Michael Graves (1934), and Charles Horton Peck (1833).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, David Geffen ranks 135. Before him are Alan Lomax (1915), Robert Monroe (1915), John Elkann (1976), Reed Hastings (1960), Ivy Lee (1877), and Jim Walton (1948). After him are John Munro Longyear (1850), Clayton Christensen (1952), William R. Orthwein (1881), Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1951), Armand Hammer (1898), and Alfred P. Sloan (1875).

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