Michael Lynton
| Michael Lynton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michael Mark Lynton January 1, 1960 London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | American, British, German |
| Alma mater |
Harvard College Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Co-CEO, Sony Entertainment, Inc. Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Salary | $3,000,000 |
| Spouse(s) | Jamie Alter |
| Children | 3 |
Michael Mark Lynton (born January 1, 1960) is a businessman and the current Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation of America and Executive Vice President, Officer in charge of Pictures and Music Businesses of Sony Corporation. He also serves as Co-CEO of Sony Entertainment Inc. and Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. In 2017, Lynton will step down as CEO of Sony Entertainment to become Chairman of Snap, makers of the Snapchat mobile app.
Lynton was born in London on January 1, 1960. His parents, Marion (Sonnenberg) and Mark Lynton, were executives at Hunter Douglas in the Netherlands. His parents were both from Jewish families. His father, born Max-Otto Ludwig Loewenstein, was born in 1920 in Stuttgart, Germany, and moved to Berlin two years later when his father was named head of a major German car manufacturing company. He later enlisted in the British military, where he served for seven years and worked for the British Intelligence, interrogating German officers. The family later moved to the United States and lived in Scarsdale, New York, for several years before moving to the Netherlands in 1969.
Lynton attended the International School of The Hague and transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy for his senior year, graduating in 1978. and received his BA in history and literature from Harvard College in 1982. After working in finance at Credit Suisse First Boston from 1982-1985, he enrolled in Harvard Business School with his sister Lili in 1985 and earned an MBA in 1987.
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