Portrait of Peter Guber

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Peter Guber

Net worth $1.5B

Sports teams, movies · United States

Born
Mar 01, 1942
Age
84
Source
Sports teams, movies
Residence
Los Angeles, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
4
Education
JD, New York University; LLM, New York University; Bachelor of Arts, Syracuse University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Peter Guber, a longtime movie executive, owns stakes in several pro sports teams, most notably the NBA's Golden State Warriors.
  • Guber was part of a group led by Joe Lacob in 2010 that bought the Warriors for $450 million; Forbes now values the team at $8.8 billion.
  • Guber owns an estimated 15% of the Warriors and is co-executive chairman alongside Lacob.
  • He also owns an estimated 3% of the LA Dodgers baseball team and is executive chair and co-owner of the Major League Soccer team Los Angeles FC.
  • At Columbia Pictures and Polygram Entertainment, Guber oversaw production of hit movies including Rain Man, The Color Purple, Batman and more.
  • Guber is also an author whose book Shootout: Surviving Fame and (Mis)Fortune In Hollywood became a TV series on AMC.
  • Guber was recruited by Columbia Pictures while pursuing an MBA at New York University in the late 1960s.