Gary Adelson is a managing director of Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin and co-head of the firm's Media & Entertainment Investment Banking Group. Prior to joining the firm, he was a principal and co-founder of Media Connect Partners, a provider of financial and operating advisory services to media, entertainment, sports and communications companies. His career experience includes producing several hundred hours of television programming and more than 20 feature films. In 1996, Adelson co-founded EastWest Venture Group. EastWest is a private venture capital company managing a fund of over $250 million.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and has served as the chairman of UCLA's Venture Fund. Adelson serves on the board of the Pediatric Aids Foundation and was executive director of Israel's 50th anniversary jubilee. |