Jeffrey Katzenberg

Jeffrey Katzenberg ˈkætsənbɜːrɡ KATsənburg born December 21 1950 is an American media proprietor and film producer He served as chairman of Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994 a position in which he oversaw production and business operations for the companys feature films Following his departure he cofounded DreamWorks SKG in 1994 where he served as the companys chief executive officer CEO and executive producer of its animated franchisesincluding Shrek Madagascar Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragonuntil stepping down from the title in 2016 He has since founded the venture capital firm WndrCo in the same year which invests in digital media projects and launched Quibi in 2020 a defunct shortform mobile video platform that lost US135 billion in seven months Katzenberg has also been involved in politics as an election donor With active support of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama he was named one of Hollywoods premier political kingmakers and one of the Democratic Partys top national fundraisers He served as a campaign cochair for Joe Bidens 2024 presidential reelection campaign and subsequently Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeffrey Katzenberg licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia