Skydance Adds Bobby Kotick and Laurene Powell Jobs to Board, Taps Tony Blair as Adviser

Skydance Corp., formed from the megamerger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, is bringing new blood to its board of directors.

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On Tuesday, the company announced that Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective, and Bobby Kotick, founder and former CEO of Activision, are joining the board as independent directors. As previously announced, Ynon Kreiz, the ex-Mattel CEO who joined the company as co-CEO this week, also is joining the board. David Ellison is serving as Skydance’s chairman and CEO.

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In addition, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair will join Skydance as a board adviser. Blair will be acting in a personal capacity. He currently serves as executive chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, a not-for-profit organization.

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“I am delighted to welcome Laurene and Bobby to our Board and honored to have Tony join us as an adviser,” Ellison said in a statement.

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Ellison called Powell Jobs, who was married to Apple’s Steve Jobs, “a true visionary and one of the great institution builders of our time. Her vision, judgment and unwavering commitment to high-quality journalism and media investments make her a truly exceptional addition to our board.” The Emerson Collective, among its other investments…

Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/

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