Who Is David Geffen | David Geffen Biography-Wiki

David Geffen(Full Name: David Lawrence Geffen) who was born in New York City, U.S is an American business magnate, producer, film studio executive, and philanthropist.

Geffen along with Elliot Roberts in 1971, co-created Asylum Records, Geffen Records in 1980, DreamWorks SKG in 1994 and DGC Records in 1990. Geffen has donated to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and other educational and research institutes as a philanthropist.

David Geffen Age And Birthday

David Lawrence Geffen was born on 21st February 1943 in Borough Park, New York, United States. Geffen is 77 years old as of 2020. He celebrates his birthday on February 21st every year.

David Geffen Height And Weight

Geffen stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches(1.74 m or 174 cm) tall and weighs 80 kg. He has gray eyes color.

David Geffen Education | School

Geffen is a graduate of Brooklyn’s New Utrecht High School in 1960 with a “barely passing 66 average”. Later he joined the University of Texas at Austin for a semester, and then Brooklyn College, prior to dropping out again.

Then he moved to Los Angeles, California to find his way in the entertainment business. He moved to Santa Monica College which was previously known as Santa Monica City College in Santa Monica, California, but he soon left. Geffen attributed his challenges in school to dyslexia.

David Geffen Medical School | UCLA | Theatre | Center | Playhouse | School Of Medicine Tuition | Hall

Geffen donated $5 million towards UCLA’s Westwood Playhouse in 1995. The theatre then named the Geffen Playhouse. He also pledged $100 million toward the renovation of what was previously called the “Avery Fisher Hall” part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York in 2015. His gift, which amounted to about 20% of the hall’s renovation costs, gave him naming rights in perpetuity over the building, now known as David Geffen Hall.

According to Forbes(The 400 Richest Americans of 2004) and other sources, Geffen pledged to give whatever money he makes from now on to charity. He reported in 2002 a $200 million unrestricted endowment for the School of Medicine at UCLA. The School was named David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA after that.

Geffen’s donation is the largest donation ever made to a medical school in the United States, along with Kenneth Langone’s gift to New York University School of Medicine. UCLA reported that Geffen had donated another $100 million in addition to his 2002 donation of $200 million, making him the largest individual benefactor for the UC system on 13th December 2012. Beginning with the Class of 2017, The latest donation funds the full cost of attendance for up to 30 students per year.

David Geffen Parents | Family

Geffen was born in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York to his parents, Abraham Geffen(father) and Batya Volovskaya(mother). Her mother was born in 1909 and died in 1988. Volovskaya owned a clothing store in Borough Park called Chic Corsets by Geffen. His mother and father were Jewish immigrants who met in Mandatory Palestine and later moved to the United States.

David Geffen Brother

Geffen older brother Mitchell who was born by his real name Mischa Geffen in 1933 and died in 2006 was an attorney who attended UCLA Law School and later settled in Encino, California. Mitchell Geffen had two daughters, who are David’s closest surviving relatives.

David Geffen Wife And Cher

Gеffеn is gay, in the year 1980 he openly revealed that he a gау.  Thus making him first the bіllіоnаіrе іn thе wоrld to disclose that he is a gay. He was married to Marlo Thomas (1996) and Steve Antin (1989 – 1990). Also, he was once in a love relationship with a woman called Cher from 1974 to 1985.

David Geffen Net Worth

The Movie and music producer, David Geffen has an estimated net worth of $7.7 billion dollars thus making him the richest man in Hollywood, according to Forbes. He has accumulated such a huge net worth from his successful career as a record executive, theatre and film producer, and also as a business tycoon.

David Geffen Facts and Body Measurements

Here are some interesting facts you don’t want to miss about David Geffen.

• Full Name: David Lawrence Geffen
• Age/ How Old?: 77 years old as of 2020.
• Date of Birth: 21st February 1943
• Place of Birth: Borough Park, New York, United States

• Education‎: Geffen is a graduate of Brooklyn’s New Utrecht High School in 1960 with a “barely passing 66 average”. Later he joined the University of Texas at Austin for a semester, and then Brooklyn College, prior to dropping out again.Then he moved to Los Angeles, California to find his way in the entertainment business. He moved to Santa Monica College which was previously known as Santa Monica City College in Santa Monica, California, but he soon left. Geffen attributed his challenges in school to dyslexia.
• Birthday: February 21st
• Nationality: American

• Father’s Name: Abraham Geffen
• Mother’s Name: Batya Volovskaya
• Siblings: Brother called, Mischa Geffen(born 1933 and died in 2006)
• Marital Status: Married

• Height/ How tall?: 5 feet 7 inches(1.74 m or 174 cm) tall
• Weight: 80 kg
• Profession: Business magnate, producer, film studio executive, and philanthropist
• Net worth: $7.7 billion dollars

David Geffen Yacht | Rising Sun

Geffen bought a half-share in friend Larry Ellison’s luxury yacht Rising Sun, then at 138 meters (453 ft) the sixth largest motor yacht in the world in 2007. In 2010, after Ellison ordered a new and more compact 91 meters (299 ft) yacht, he sold his remaining half share in Rising Sun to Geffen.

Roman Abramovich, Russian billionaire in 2009 agreed to a divorce settlement with his wife Irina that resulted in her taking ownership of the 115-meter (377 ft) yacht Pelorus. Approached on Geffen’s behalf by broker Merle Wood, Geffen bought Pelorus in 2011 for $300 million. He sold Pelorus to Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan for 214 million euros in 2011. Geffen and his crew of 45 self-isolated in the Grenadines in the Rising Sun during the virus epidemic.

David Geffen’s coronavirus isolation post — from his superyacht — did not go over well on 30th March 2020

Geffen became the target of online criticism on 28th March 2020 after sending well-wishes to his 84,000-plus Instagram followers from the comfort of his luxurious superyacht in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Sunset last night… isolated in the Grenadines avoiding the virus. I’m hoping everybody is staying safe,” the Geffen Records founder and DreamWorks Pictures co-founder wrote in a since-deleted post. His caption was accompanied by an aerial shot of his US$590-million, a 454-foot vessel, which he calls “Rising Sun,” according to Forbes.

Meghan McCain of The View took to Twitter, dubbing Geffen’s post “shameful and grotesque.”David Geffen is worth $8 billion,” she wrote. “For God’s sake, help this country get ventilators, our health workers masks and the medical supplies they need! Or no, just stay on your f–king yacht Instagramming.”

David Geffen Mansion | House Malibu | Estate | Warner Estate

In 2017, Geffen sold his long time compound on Malibu’s spectacularly expensive Carbon Beach for $87 million to Dodgers owner Mark Walter. Also, he owns the house next door to the one he just bought, an unassuming place which he’s owned since 1980, his primary spread in Los Angeles is the legendary Jack Warner Estate, a fully landscaped demesne of more than 10 acres in the plumiest of pockets of Beverly Hills he acquired in 1990 for reported $47.5 million.

Also, he maintains a substantial foothold on the East Coast where in addition to a 12,000 square foot suburban mansion-sized triplex on Fifth Avenue that he picked up in 2012 for $54 million from international socialite songwriter Denise Rich, and he maintains a two-plus acre oceanfront estate along with one of the swankiest streets in East Hampton, N.Y., he scooped up in 2016 for a mouth-drying $70 million.

David Geffen American Masters | Documentary

Geffen was the subject of an American Masters PBS television documentary entitled Inventing David Geffen. Susan Lacy was the director and first broadcast on 20 November 2012 in the documentary.

David Geffen Foundation

Geffen Foundation supports a wide range of anti-crime and violence organizations across the United States. It was founded in 1986 by the music executive and film producer David Geffen. The Foundation focuses its grantmaking on people affected by HIV/AIDS, Jewish causes civil liberties, health care, and the arts.

The Foundation is a large organization but it maintains a low public profile, does not operate a website and employs just one formal staff member.

David Geffen Organizations Founded

• Geffen Records
• DreamWorks Pictures
• DreamWorks Animation
• Asylum Records

• DGC Records
• DreamWorks Records
• The Geffen Film Company

David Geffen Laura Nyro

Geffen left William Morris and went to become a personnel manager and was successful immediately with Laura Nyro and Crosby, Stills and Nash.

David Geffen Book | The Operator

Geffen has been subjected in several books such as the most recently “The Operator” Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood (2001) by Tom King, who initially had Geffen’s cooperation, but later did not.

Also, he is a featured character in Mailroom: Hollywood History From The Bottom Up by David Rensen, in Mansion On The Hill by Fred Goodman, in Hotel California by Barney Hoskyns, and in several books about Michael Ovitz. An earlier biography was The Rise and Rise of David Geffen (1997) by Stephen Singular.

David Geffen Hall Box Office

The born American national born business magnate, producer, film studio executive, and philanthropist, Geffen’s Hall Box Office. It is located inside the hall lobby at Columbus Avenue at 64th Street, the box office is open Monday–Saturday 10:00 am–6:00 pm and Sunday 12:00–6:00 pm.

David Geffen Movies And TV Shows

• Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
• Interview with the Vampire (1994)
• The Explosive Generation (1961)
• All Things Must Pass (2015)
• Personal Best (1982)

Frequently Asked Questions About David Geffen

Who is David Geffen?

Geffen is an American business magnate, producer, film studio executive, and philanthropist.

How old is David Geffen?

David Lawrence Geffen was born on 21st February 1943 in Borough Park, New York, United States. Geffen is 77 years old as of 2020.

How tall is David Geffen?

Geffen stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches(1.74 m or 174 cm) tall.

Is David Geffen married?

Gеffеn is gay, in the year 1980 he openly revealed that he a gау.  Thus making him first the bіllіоnаіrе іn thе wоrld to disclose that he is a gay. He was married to Marlo Thomas (1996) and Steve Antin (1989 – 1990). Also, he was once in a love relationship with a woman called Cher from 1974 to 1985.

How much is David Geffen worth?

Gеffеn has an approximate net worth of $7.7 billion dollars. This amount has been accrued from his successful career as a business magnate, producer, film studio executive, and philanthropist.

Where does David Geffen live?

Gеffеn is a resident of Beverly Hills, USA, we shall upload pictures of his house as soon as we have them.

Is David Geffen dead or alive?

Gеffеn is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having any health-related issues.

Where is Geffen Now?

Billionaire: Gеffеn is a business magnate, producer, film studio executive, and philanthropist.

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