Peter Guber

Co-owner of the Golden State Warriors and a titan of film and sports entertainment.

Howard Peter Guber (born March 1, 1942) is an American film producer, business executive, entrepreneur, educator, and author. He is chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment. Guber's films have grossed over $3 billion worldwide and received 50 Academy Award nominations. Guber is also a co-owner of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association.

Quick Facts

Birth name

Howard Peter Guber

Born

1 March 1942

Birthplace

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Occupation

Producer
executive
entrepreneur

Years active

1977-present

Education

Syracuse University (BA); New York University (JD, LLM)

Spouse

Tara Gellis (1964)

Children

Lore & Background

Guber is a co-owner of five professional sports teams: the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association, the Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association, the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Football Club of Major League Soccer, and the professional eSports organization aXiomatic Gaming, with a controlling interest in Team Liquid. He formerly served as chairman of Dick Clark Productions, was an investor in NextVR (sold to Apple in 2020), and is chairman of Mandalay Sports Media. He is co-executive chairman of aXiomatic, a Regent of the University of California, and a professor at UCLA. For ten years, he was an entertainment and media analyst for Fox Business.

Reader's Guide

Guber's most recent business book, 'Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story', became a No. 1 New York Times bestseller. He also wrote 'Inside the Deep' and 'Shootout: Surviving Fame and (Mis)Fortune in Hollywood', which became a television series on AMC called 'Shootout'. Guber hosted the show from 2003 to 2008 with Peter Bart. He wrote a cover article for the Harvard Business Review titled 'The Four Truths of the Storyteller'.

Did You Know?

Guber was born into a Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Ruth and Sam Guber.
He earned his J.D. and LL.M. law degrees from New York University and studied for his MBA at night.
Guber joined Columbia Pictures in 1968 as a management trainee and later became vice president of creative affairs.
He produced or executive produced films including 'Rain Man', 'Batman', 'The Color Purple', and 'Flashdance'.
During his tenure at Sony Pictures, the company achieved an industry-best domestic box office market share over four years.