Richard Gelfond | |
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 Gelfond (left) at A Beautiful Planet premiere in 2016 | |
| Born | 1955 (age 69–70) |
| Education | Northwestern University School of Law (JD) Stony Brook University (BAS) |
| Occupation(s) | Chief Executive Officer, IMAX Corporation |
Richard L. Gelfond (born 1955) is an American business executive and the Chief Executive Officer of IMAX Corporation. [1] [2]
Gelfond was raised in Plainview, Long Island. [3] He earned his bachelor's degree from Stony Brook University in 1976, and his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law in 1979. [4] [5]
Gelfond started his career as a law clerk for U.S. Court of Appeals judge Max Rosenn. [6] He later worked as a lawyer at Cleary Gottlieb and as an investment banker at Drexel Burnham Lambert. [7] [8] In early 1986, he founded Clean Street USA, a dry cleaning store chain in Long Island. In September 1986, he quit a law firm to help his brother David Gelfond manage the chain. [9] By 1988, he was serving as president of the company. [10]
Gelfond joined IMAX Corporation as vice chairman in 1994 when the investment company he co-founded and was a principal of acquired IMAX. [11] [12] He became co-CEO in 1996, and CEO in 2009. [13] [1] In 1996, Gelfond received an Academy Award on behalf of IMAX for Scientific and Technical Achievement. [14]
In 1988, Gelfond was appointed chairman of the advisory board of the Business and Industry Center at Stony Brook University. [10] He became chair of the board of trustees of the Stony Brook Foundation. [15]
Gelfond was vice chairman of the board of trustees of the New York Historical Society. [16] He is chairman of the steering committee of the Columbia Shuttle Memorial Trust. [17]
Gelfond had high levels of mercury in his blood following a diet of "sushi twice a day for two decades". [18]
In 2004, Gelfond was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Stony Brook University. [4]
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