Rank #382
David Geffen
Net worth $9.2B
Movies, record labels · United States
- Born
- Feb 21, 1943
- Age
- 83
- Source
- Movies, record labels
- Residence
- Beverly Hills, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Separated
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Drop Out, The University of Texas at Austin
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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 the mailroom of talent agency William Morris, where he rose to become an agent.
- Throughout the years he has amassed an impressive contemporary art collection, including works by Jasper Johns, De Kooning and Jackson Pollock.
- A luxury property aficionado, he owns one of NYC's most expensive apartments, a house in the Hamptons and has owned two estates in Beverly Hills.
- In 2017 Geffen pledged $150 million to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the largest gift in the museum's history.
- To keep his job in the William Morris mailroom Geffen lied about having graduated from college and created a fake UCLA degree. He admitted it once he was successful.
- A storied bon vivant, Geffen owns one of the world's largest yachts, Rising Sun, whose guests often include Leonardo DiCaprio, Disney's Bob Iger and Oprah Winfrey.
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