Alan Horn
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Biography
One of Hollywood's most respected studio executives, Alan Horn oversaw the creative teams behind some of Warner Bros.' biggest hits before transforming the fortunes of The Walt Disney Studios with a string of box-office smashes. Born in New York City in 1943, Horn graduated from his home state's Union College with an economics degree and, after serving as captain during a five-year stint in the U.S. Air Force, also obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School. Horn first ventured into the entertainment world as a production supervisor on various network sitcoms and quickly worked his way up the career ladder to land senior positions at Embassy Communications and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. In 1987, he co-founded Castle Rock Entertainment where he took control of many hugely popular entertainment properties including the iconic comedy "Seinfeld" (NBC, 1989-1998), and in 1999 was appointed President and COO of the company's fellow Time Warner subsidiary, Warner Bros. The studio was the top performer at the global box office seven times during Horn's twelve-year tenure, with the Harry Potter series, the Batman reboot and Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney's Ocean trilogy just some of the franchises he helped to guide. Despite this monumental success, Horn was forced out of his job in 2011 over concerns he was too out of touch with the movie-going public, but he bounced back a year later when he took over as Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios. Horn's handling of the worldwide operations for Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm saw the company report a record profit of $1.55 billion in 2014, with "Frozen" (2013), "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014) and various superhero sequels all benefitting from his industry expertise.
Life Events
1972
Joined Tandem Productions
1973
Named vice president, business affairs, for Tandem and for its sister company, T.A.T. Communications
1977
Promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer
1978
Appointed president and given complete creative control
1982
Named chairman and chief executive officer of new parent company, Embassy Communications, in January
1985
Became president and chief operating officer of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in October
1986
Resigned from Fox in early fall
1987
Co-founded Castle Rock Entertainment with Glenn Padnick, Rob Reiner, Andy Scheinman and Martin Shafer
1993
Castle Rock acquired by the Turner Broadcasting System; Horn has served as a managing partner
1999
Appointed President of Warner Bros.
2012
Landed Chairman role at The Walt Disney Studios
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