Michael Lynton
Michael Mark Lynton (born January 1, 1960) is a businessman and current chairman of Snap Inc. He previously served as chairman and chief executive of Sony Pictures Entertainment.[2] In 2017, Lynton stepped down as CEO of Sony Entertainment to become Chairman of Snap, makers of the Snapchat mobile app.[3] On February 12, 2019, he was named as chairman of Warner Music Group.[4]
Michael Lynton
Jamie Alter Lynton
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Early life and education[edit]
Lynton was born to a Jewish family[5] in London on January 1, 1960. His parents, Marion (Sonnenberg) and Mark Lynton, were executives at Hunter Douglas in the Netherlands.[6][7] 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.[8] The family later moved to the United States and lived in Scarsdale, New York, for several years before moving to the Netherlands in 1969.[9][10]
Lynton attended the International School of The Hague and transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy for his senior year, graduating in 1978.[11][12] He received his BA in history and literature from Harvard College in 1982.[10][13] After working in finance at Credit Suisse First Boston from 1982 to 1985, he enrolled in Harvard Business School with his sister Lili in 1985 and earned an MBA in 1987.[12][14]
Activities[edit]
Lynton is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations[38] and the UK government's Film Policy Review group.[39] He also serves on the board of trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[40] the Natural Resources Defense Council[41] and the American Film Institute,[42] as well as the boards of the USC School of Cinematic Arts,[43] the Rand Corporation,[44] IEX Group,[45] and Schrödinger, Inc.[46]
In May 2012, the Harvard Alumni Association elected Lynton to the Harvard Board of Overseers.[47] He joined the board of social media start-up Snapchat in June 2013.[48]
Personal life[edit]
Lynton is married to Jamie Alter Lynton, whose mother was Chicago politician Joanne H. Alter and her brother is journalist Jonathan Alter.[49]