Larry Tanz

Larry Tanz
Nationality	American
Education	BA, MS, and MBA
Alma mater	Harvard University and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Entertainment executive
Employer	Netflix
Title	VP, Global Television

Larry Tanz is an American entertainment industry executive. He has held executive positions with AOL Time Warner, and previously served as president and CEO of LivePlanet, as well as the president and CEO of Vuguru. He is currently the VP of Global Television at Netflix.

Tanz graduated with a BA in Psychology from Harvard University. He also earned an MS in Behavioral Psychology from Harvard and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. At Harvard he served on the staff of the Harvard Lampoon. His published research as a graduate student included the study of addiction, in addition to experiments on decision mechanisms of laboratory animals.

Tanz worked as a Senior Associate at Mercer Management Consulting (now named Oliver Wyman). He left Mercer to become the Director of Strategy and Operations for AOL Time Warner. At AOLTW, he was also a founder of Netscape Netbusiness. He remained with AOLTW until 2000.

Tanz worked with LivePlanet from its founding in 2000. He served four years as CEO and president of the company, which was founded by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Sean Bailey, and Chris Moore. He oversaw strategy and operations, as well as projects for the company, including serving as an executive producer for Project Greenlight. While there he created partnerships with studios including Universal, Miramax, ABC, NBC, MTV, E! and Spike TV. He also served as a producer on related film projects like the horror film Feast as well as documentaries like First Descent and Running the Sahara. Tanz also executive produced other television series including the reality show American Start-Up.

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