International Directory of Business Biographies


Jeffrey Katzenberg Biography

Founding partner and chairman, Dreamworks SKG

Nationality: American.

Born: December 21, 1950, in New York, New York.

Education: Attended New York University, 1971–1972.

Family: Son of a stockbroker and a tapestry artist (names unknown); married Marilyn Siegel (schoolteacher); children: two.

Career: Mayor John Lindsay, 1972, presidential campaign assistant; David Picker, 1973–1975, talent agent; Paramount Pictures, 1975–1977, assistant to chairman, then executive director for marketing; 1977–1978, vice president for programming at Paramount TV; 1978–1980, vice president for feature production;...

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