Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Let’s talk about the David of it all. The new chairman and CEO of the soon-to-be-combined Skydance and Paramount Global — Hollywood producer and Oracle heir David Ellison — has had quite the week, and it’s only Wednesday.
Show business, Wall Street and media watchers have digested the news that Ellison finally brokered a deal for the Redstone family empire.
In the subsequent two days, talk around the executive’s capability in his new high-flying role has boiled down to three questions: Who is David Ellison today?
What does he bring to the table? What does he have working against him? The town has many thoughts — most of them good in these early days. “He’s been a CEO and a successful one, probably the most successful independent there is,” said Ariel Emanuel, CEO of Endeavor and TKO Group Holdings.
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