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American film producer and media proprietor (born 1983)
David Ferris Ellison is an American film producer, media proprietor, and the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Skydance Corporation since August 2025. He founded the film and television production company Skydance Media in 2006 and later merged it with the media company Paramount Global, forming Paramount Skydance in 2025. Paramount Skydance later acquired all assets of Warner Bros. Discovery in 2026, and the company was renamed as Skydance Corporation. He is the son of Oracle Corporation co-founder Larry Ellison.
More on Wikipedia ↗With $80 billion in debt and a sprawling media empire to combine, David Ellison will have his hands full with the now court-approved combination of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery, known as Sk…
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery officially merged on Tuesday, creating a new company with the name Skydance.
Ellison and his team must braid together two huge film studios (housing nine film labels), four streaming services, three TV production studios, three animation units and more than 50 television networks, including two prominent news organizations.