Skydance Sets Board With Laurene Powell Jobs, Bobby Kotick New Directors, Tony Blair As Advisor

The new Skydance has unveiled its board of directors, effective immediately, led by chairman and CEO David Ellison and including newcomers Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective, and Bobby Kotick, founder and former CEO of Activision.

They will service as independent directors.

Co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, who joined Skydance last week, also has a seat.

Powell Jobs is highly influential leader in business and philanthropy and committed investor in journalism and media. Her nonprofit Emerson Collective investments include majority stakes in The Atlantic and Anonymous Content.

Kotick served as CEO of Activision for 32 years, building it into one of the world’s most successful video game companies before selling Activision Blizzard to Microsoft for $68.7 billion.

Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair will join as a Board Advisor. Blair, who will be acting in a personal capacity, is Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, a not-for-profit that helps leaders govern in the age of AI. Paramount said his global leadership experience and commitment to innovation position him as an invaluable advisor in shaping Skydance’s strategic priorities.

The other directors are continuing on from the board of Paramount, which was renamed Skydance this morning after closing its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

“I am delighted to welcome Laurene and Bobby to our Board and honored to have Tony join us as an Advisor,” Ellison said. “Together with our other directors, they bring the experience and fresh perspectives we need to build Skydance into an extraordinary company, one that honors the legacies of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery while setting a bold course for the future.”

The full Skydance board:

David Ellison, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Skydance

Barbara Byrne, Former Vice Chairman of Barclays PLC (Independent Director)

Andy Campion, Chairman and CEO of Unrivaled Sports (Independent Director)

Gerry Cardinale, Founder, Managing Partner, and Chief Investment Officer, RedBird Capital Partners

Safra A. Catz, Executive Vice Chair and Former CEO, Oracle Corporation

Andy Gordon, President of Skydance

Justin G. Hamill, Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer, Silver Lake (Independent Director)

Lauren Powell Jobs, Founder and President, Emerson Collective (Independent Director)

Bobby Kotick, Founder and former CEO of Activision (Independent Director)

Ynon Kreiz, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Skydance

Sherry Lansing, Former Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures (Independent Director)