Fred Rosen (businessman)

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Fred Rosen
NationalityAmerican
Education
SpouseNadine Schiff

Fredric D. Rosen is an American attorney and business executive. He was the president and chief executive officer of Ticketmaster from 1982 to 1998.

Early life

Fredric D. Rosen grew up in New Rochelle, New York.[1] He graduated from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1965.[2] He went on to receive a Juris Doctor degree from the Brooklyn Law School in 1969, and passed the New York State Bar that year.[1][2]

Career

Rosen practiced the law in New York City from 1972 to 1982.[1][2]

He was an attorney of Ticketmaster[3] before becoming the president and chief executive officer from 1982 to 1998. Rosen was chairman and chief executive officer of Stone Canyon Entertainment from 2005 to 2008. He was the co-chief executive officer of Outbox Enterprises, LLC, a legal entity comprising Outbox Technology, Cirque du Soleil, from 2011 to 2012.[4] Founded in 2005 by Jean-Francoys Brosseau, Outbox is a white label system that allows all live entertainment venues to sell tickets directly to customers without any third party involvement.[5] The company later partenered with the Anschutz Entertainment Group to create AXS and become a major player in the field.

Rosen was a principal until 2014.[2][6] He was on the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission.[2] In 2018, Rosen became the President and CEO of Red Carpet Entertainment and its wholly owned subsidiary Red Carpet Home Cinema LLC.

Personal life

Rosen is married to

Los Angeles, California.[8] He also has two children from a prior marriage.[9]

Rosen donated to the defense fund for Mark Ridley-Thomas, a Los Angeles politician who was undergoing trial on corruption charges.[10]

Homeowners alliance

He is the co-founder of the Bel Air Homeowners Alliance, a NIMBY group active in Los Angeles.[8][11][12][13] The group has contested the construction of giga-mansions such as The One, arguing that they should be considered commercial developments.[14] He has advocated against the construction of an underground subway line to the UCLA campus,[15] including threats to litigate against individual LA Metro staff, noting that staff "deserve no courtsey and are entitled to no respect".[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c Janet Morrissey, Can Ticketmaster’s Builder Now Unseat It?, The New York Times, June 11, 2011
  2. ^ a b c d e The Agency Group: Fred Rosen Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Daily Variety
    . p. 22.
  4. The Los Angeles Times
    , March 7, 2012
  5. ^ Morris, Chris (2010-10-11). "Ticketmaster exec to head Outbox". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  6. ^ Philiana Ng, Former Ticketmaster Executive Joins PRIMA Cinema Board (Exclusive), The Hollywood Reporter, August 8, 2013
  7. ^ Haute Living: Nadine Schiff
  8. ^ a b Peter Hadelman, In Los Angeles, a Nimby Battle Pits Millionaires vs. Billionaires, The New York Times, December 5, 2014
  9. ^ Mastony, Colleen. "Executive dads". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  10. ^ "Facing corruption trial, Mark Ridley-Thomas gets money, support from big-name L.A. donors". Los Angeles Times. 2023-03-06.
  11. ^ Martha Groves, Joseph Serna, Building huge hillside homes — and steep resentment — in Bel-Air, The Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2014
  12. ^ Peterson, Spencer (2014-12-08). "'Not in My Backyard,' Say L.A. Millionaires to L.A. Billionaires". Curbed. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  13. ^ Barragan, Bianca (2016-03-29). "Two Bel Air Neighborhood Groups in a Vicious War". Curbed LA. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  14. ^ Collins, Jeff (February 25, 2016). "World's priciest home: O.C. designer creates a plan for $500 million L.A. 'giga-mansion'". Orange County Register. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  15. ^ "Rep. Brad Sherman jumps into debate over proposed Metro tunnels in Bel Air". Daily News. 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
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