Peter Chernin

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Mr. Peter Chernin is a Co-Founder & serves as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Partner at The Chernin Group. He serves as Board member, Member of Compensation and Benefits Committee & Chairman of Nominating, Governance and Public Responsibility Committee at American Express. He is also a Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Chairman at Chernin Entertainment. He was also a Co-Founder and served as Board Member at Words + Pictures. He was a Co-Founder of CA Media and also served as its Chairman. From October 1996 to June 2009, he served in several roles at News Corporation, most recently as President and Chief Operating Officer and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Fox Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation. He currently serves on the boards of directors of American Express Company, a diversified financial services company and Pandora Media, Inc., online music streaming company. He previously served on the boards of directors of various companies in the media industry and technology industry, including News Corporation, DirecTV, Inc., E*Trade Financial Corporation and Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. He holds a B.A. in English Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. He was selected to serve on our board of directors because of his operating and management experience at global media companies, his expertise in online and mobile markets and other new technologies and his service on the boards of directors of numerous other companies. He also serves as Board Member at Twitter and American Express. He serves as Advisor at Baobab Studios.