Nationality United States Role Executive Name Harry Sloan | Occupation Business executive Ethnicity Jewish Spouse Florence Sloan (m. 2001) | |
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Born March 8, 1950 (age 74) ( 1950-03-08 ) Torrance, California Known for Chairman of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and SBS Broadcasting Children four
two with first wife
two with Low Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Special Similar People Florence Sloan, Gary Barber, Marvin J Chomsky, Gary Nelson, Louis B Mayer | ||
Harry Evans Sloan (born March 8, 1950) is an American business executive. He is the chairman and chief executive officer at Global Eagle Acquisition Corp, since February 2, 2011. Sloan also serves as a director at ZeniMax Media.
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Sloan served as chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 2005 to 2009, where he remains a consultant, and SBS Broadcasting (1990-2001).
Personal life
Sloan was born to a working class Jewish family in Torrance, California. His father worked in the parts department at Douglas Aircraft; his mother was a substitute teacher and helped found the first Jewish temple in the South Bay.
Sloan has two daughters from his first marriage. He is married to immigrant Florence (née Low) Sloan who is of Malaysian Chinese descent. They have two sons. Sloan lives in Los Angeles, California.
Career
From 1976 to 1983, he was an entertainment lawyer with Sloan, Kuppin and Ament, which he founded in Los Angeles. Sloan served as co-chairman of New World Entertainment Ltd. from 1983 to 1989. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 to the President's Advisory Council on Trade and Policy Negotiations (ACTPN).
He served as chairman and CEO of SBS Broadcasting from 1990 to 2001. Near the end of this term, he purchased a 9% stake in ZeniMax Media , which SBS Broadcasting holds, having sat on ZeniMax's board since 1999.
Political involvement
Sloan was a California state financial chair for the Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012. Sloan also serves as a trustee on the board of The McCain Institute. During the 2016 election cycle, Sloan initially supported Ohio Governor John Kasich until he dropped out and on August 9, 2016, Sloan announced his support for Democrat Hillary Clinton.