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Ryan Kavanaugh (born December 4, 1974) is an American film financier. He co-founded and was CEO of Relativity Media, where he brokered deals between Wall Street investors and major film studios. He credited his risk-assessment algorithm with Relativity Media's initial success.
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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 is a real estate broker and his father is a dentist turned businessman, born in Germany. His father, Jack Kavanaugh, is a DDS, MBA, M.D, ophthalmological surgeon, and founder of Zeta RX, ...
RELATIVITY MEDIA Kavanaugh started his career at the stock brokerage firm Dean Witter Reynolds in the late 1990’s. At 22-years old, Kavanaugh launched KC Capital, a small venture capital firm, where he raised $500 million and primarily invested in new media companies. KC Capital struggled in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and with the bu...
TECH AND BIOTECH Kavanaugh formed Knight Global, a family foundation and investment arm which has focused on building and investing in numerous companies. In 2008, Kavanaugh was a seed investor in ZetaRX, a pharmaceutical company acquired in 2013 by Juno Therapeutics. ZetaRX was founded by Kavanaugh’s father, Jack Kavanaugh, who brought in collabor...
Kavanaugh is an active participant in charities and an avid philanthropist who has raised and donated to various non-profit organizations. These organizations include Sheriff’s Youth Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Best Buddies, Jewish Big Brothers and Big Sisters, City of Hope. In 2010, Kavanaugh was recognized by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center as ...
In 2009, Kavanaugh was honored with the Hollywood Producer of the Year Awards at the 13th Annual Hollywood Awards Gala. That same year, he was honored by Variety in a lengthy magazine edition featuring him on the cover with the words “Billion Dollar Producer.” In 2010, The Hollywood Reporter honored him with the Leadership Award. In 2011, Kavanaugh...
In 2011, Kavanaugh married ballet dancer Britta Lazenga. The couple threw a destination wedding on the Italian island of Capri where they exchanged vows in front of pals Ryan Seacrest, Leonardo DiCaprio and Bradley Cooper.In 2015, he married model Jessica Roffey with a star-studded wedding in a private ceremony near Malibu. Ryan Seacrest, Edward No...
May 13, 2011 · The parents encouraged Ryan and his younger brother Matthew to be entrepreneurial. Kavanaugh did just that, starting a baseball card trading company at age 12.
May 13, 2011 · Ryan Kavanaugh: Showman of the Year. Relativity chief intent on reinventing the biz. By Tatiana Siegel. In Relativity’s thriller “Limitless,” the protagonist happens upon a magic pill that...
Ryan Kavanaugh is a film and TV producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who's films have received over 60 Oscar® nominations and 8 wins. He was #22 on Fortune 40 under 40 list, the 2009 Producer of the Year Hollywood Awards, the 2011 Showman of the Year.
Ryan Kavanaugh was founder and CEO at Relativity Media, which was engaged in multiple aspects of entertainment, including film and television financing; production and distribution; music publishing; sports management and digital media.
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Apr 14, 2022 · F ounder of Proxima Media, which is the controlling shareholder of Triller, amongst others, Ryan Kavanaugh is one of the most accomplished, prolific and honored executives in entertainment industry history.
