Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe increasingly Hollywood-friendly RedBird Capital Partners is making a big splash on the West Coast.The private investment firm is opening a Los Angeles shop with a big new hire as anchor, the veteran Goldman Sachs executive Andy Gordon, who will join the company as a partner in the first quarter of 2021.Recent RedBird transactions include investments in David Ellison’s Sykdance Media, Tencent, and CJ Entertainment.
Gordon advised on all from his post at Goldman, as well as RedBird’s $575 million IPO of RedBall Acquisition Corp, the first special purpose acquisition company in sports.Gordon served at Goldman Sachs for 35 years, most recently as global chairman of investment banking services, head of the.
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