Michael Jay Solomon
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| Born |
Michael Jay Solomon January 20, 1938 New York City, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | International entertainment executive |
| Years active | 1956–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Luciana Paluzzi (1979–present) Barbara Gottlieb (1964–1972) |
| Children | 2 |
Michael Jay Solomon (born January 20, 1938) is an American businessman, and entertainment executive who currently serves as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Truli Media Group, Inc., which he founded in 2010. Solomon's career spans more than 50 years in the media and content distribution business. He is the Founder and President of several publicly and privately held companies which are listed in his Bloomberg profile. Solomon has founded or sits on the Board of philanthropic organizations benefiting education, public health, and the arts.
Solomon is the son of Mildred Rickmann & Leroy Solomon. He has a sister named Susan Goldberg, born in 1935. He was born in New York City, New York, where his family has resided for 4 generations. Solomon was educated at the Milford Prep School, in Milford, Connecticut, the New York University Stern School of Business, and Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts where he holds an Honorary Doctor of Law degree. He is a member of the international honor society Beta Gamma Sigma.
Solomon began his career in film distribution with United Artists (UA) in 1956 at the age of 18. When he graduated from New York University at age 21, UA sent him to Panama to open the Central American territory for American films. He travelled to Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras, as well as Panama. A year later he was assigned to Bogota, Colombia and when he was 24 he became manager of Peru and Bolivia.
After 8 years with United Artists, MCA (now Comcast, Universal, and NBC) hired Solomon to start their Latin American TV division. After several years abroad, he moved back to New York but conducted international business in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa as well as Latin America. He became a Vice President at MCA at 30 years old. He spent 14 years at MCA.
In 1978 Solomon co-founded Telepictures Corporation (Telepictures) and served as its Chairman and CEO. Telepictures grew to become one of the largest U.S. television syndication companies at that time, and one of the largest international distribution companies. Telepictures became a public company (NASDAQ) 14 months after Solomon became CEO in January, 1980. The company created television syndication with the series The People’s Court, which is still on the air after 32 years. Telepictures was the owner and operator of six television stations in the U.S. (one in Puerto Rico), and the publisher of six magazines, including US Magazine now US Weekly, which they bought out of bankruptcy with Jann Wenner, co-founder and publisher of the popular pop culture magazine Rolling Stone.
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