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Name

David Geffen

Primary Residence

Beverly Hills, California

Education

Drop Out, The University of Texas at Austin

Citizenship

United States

Affiliated Companies

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (Cl A)

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

movies, record labels, Self Made

Net Worth

$8,500,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/david-geffen

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

185

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#187 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#56 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Summary

Hollywood's richest man is the co-founder/founder of record labels Asylum Records, Geffen Records and DGC Records, as well as film studio DreamWorks. Born to Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, Geffen started his career in the mailroom of talent agency William Morris, where he rose to become an agent.Throughout the years he has amassed an impressive contemporary art collection, including works by Jasper Johns, De Kooning and Jackson Pollock.A luxury property aficionado, he owns one of NYC's most expensive apartments, a house in the Hamptons and the Jack L. Warner estate in Beverly Hills.In 2017 Geffen pledged $150 million to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the largest gift in the museum's history.

Did you know?

To keep his job in the William Morris mailroom Geffen lied about having graduated from college and created a fake UCLA degree. He admitted it once he was successful.A storied bon vivant, Geffen owns one of the world's largest yachts, "Rising Sun", whose guests often include Leonardo DiCaprio, Disney's Bob Iger and Oprah Winfrey.

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Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Geffen