Gary Gannaway
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Gannaway at the 2009 Digital Hollywood
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Albert Carlyle Gannaway III July 30, 1954 Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Occupation |
Chairman & CEO, Gannaway Holdings |
| Spouse(s) | Wendy Gannaway |
| Children | Samantha Gannaway Alexis Gannaway |
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Gary Gannaway (born Albert Carlyle Gannaway III on July 30, 1954) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. Through his venture capitalist firm Gannaway Group, he has invested in various companies with interests that expand cinema, television, technology, security, advertising, gaming, art, and publishing. Gannaway received the prestige Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Merrill Lynch, Ernst & Young and Inc. Magazine in its inaugural year.
Gannaway was born Albert Carlyle Gannaway III in Beverly Hills, California on July 30, 1954, the son of Albert Carlyle Gannaway Jr. and Dana Gibson Gannaway. Albert was an accomplished businessman. He controlled Gannaway Corporation and produced several well known motion picture films along with the "Stars of the Grand Ole Opry" which featured many legendary country music stars including Chet Atkins, Marty Robbins, Minnie Pearl and many others. Albert was the first to produce a television series using 35mm color film when television was exclusively in black and white. Albert was also a famous songwriter who wrote for Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Bob Hope, Frankie Lane and many others.
His mother, Dana Gannaway, is a former Vogue model and Budweiser Girl, Gannaway is best known for the "Stars of the Grand Ole Opry", footage and rights from The Grand Ole Opry from the 50s and 60s his two grandchildren now own. From his father, Gary learned the fundamentals of business. By the time Gary turned fourteen, he regularly sat in on board meetings of his father's company and spent his summers in Virginia with his paternal grandparents to learn the business.
Gannaway attended Castle Heights Military Academy in Tennessee followed by three years of service in the Marine Corps. In 1974, Gannaway was one of 18 men in the Marines Elite Force Recon.
After the Marines, Gannaway joined Metromedia Producers Corporation and quickly became the top seller.
In June 1980 Gannaway left Metromedia to join his father's syndication company, specifically selling his father's show, Country Classics. He went on to sell Time-Life shows as well, including G.I. Diary and Wild, Wild World of Animals. His experience selling syndication ultimately led to Gannaway founding Genesis Entertainment three years later with his own capital.
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