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David Lawrence Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is an American film producer, record executive, and entrepreneur. 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.
Apr 2, 2014 · David Geffen is an ambitious, energetic music and movie executive who established a vast Hollywood-based empire, featuring Geffen Records and DreamWorks. Updated: Apr 15, 2019 (1943-)
David Geffen is the founder of record labels Asylum Records, Geffen Records and DGC Records, as well as film studio DreamWorks. Born to Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, Geffen started his career in ...
Nov 1, 2012 · David Geffen is born on February 21st in Brooklyn, NY. 1949. Geffen’s mother, Batya, suffers a nervous breakdown. Geffen’s father, Abe, checks her into Kings County Hospital. She stays there ...
Oct 30, 2022 · Geffen is hardly shy about his philanthropy, as can be seen by the growing list of institutions bearing his name, including the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los ...
Feb 13, 2024 · Julia Sachi Mates shares how David Geffen’s vision as a music producer changed her appreciation for the talent of nurturing talent.Written as part of the American Masters Digital Archive project ...
David Geffen once asked Ahmet Ertegun about the key to being successful in the music industry. “If you’re lucky, you bump into a genius,” the founder of Atlantic Records and co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame explained, “and a genius will make you rich in the music business.”. Geffen took that advice to heart throughout his ...
David Geffen. Producer: Little Shop of Horrors. David Geffen was born in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York, to Abraham and Batya Geffen. He has an older brother Mitchell. Although his grades in school were generally poor, he credits his shopkeeper mother with teaching him his business skills, especially since his father died when Geffen was 16. Having started working in the mail room of CBS, he ...
Apr 12, 2024 · David Geffen is not only one of the richest people in Hollywood – he’s regarded as one of its most influential. The music and movie mogul boasts an estimated net worth of US$8 billion thanks ...
American Masters Inventing David Geffen addresses his rifts with Laura Nyro, the Eagles, and the Clintons, his lawsuit against Neil Young, his unsuccessful stint at Warner Bros. Pictures, his ...
