Warner Bros. Discovery Adds Private Equity Veteran Anton Levy to Board After Activist Pressure
Warner Bros. Discovery is beefing up its board of directors with a private equity and technology veteran, Anton Levy.
Levy, currently an advisory director at the private equity giant General Atlantic, previously served as co-president and chairman of global technology for the firm. Levy was instrumental in some of General Atlantic’s most notable tech investments, including companies like Airbnb, Facebook, Slack, Snapchat, Squarespace and Uber.
The addition of Levy comes after Wbd faced pressure from the activist hedge fund Sessa Capital, which built a roughly 1 percent stake in the company and had been pushing to add board members and restructure itself faster, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Wbd says that it added Levy following a “comprehensive search process.” The company added Anthony Noto and Joey Levin to its board earlier this year.
In a statement, Wbd board chair Samuel Di Piazza noted the involvement of Sessa, expressing appreciation for...
Levy, currently an advisory director at the private equity giant General Atlantic, previously served as co-president and chairman of global technology for the firm. Levy was instrumental in some of General Atlantic’s most notable tech investments, including companies like Airbnb, Facebook, Slack, Snapchat, Squarespace and Uber.
The addition of Levy comes after Wbd faced pressure from the activist hedge fund Sessa Capital, which built a roughly 1 percent stake in the company and had been pushing to add board members and restructure itself faster, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Wbd says that it added Levy following a “comprehensive search process.” The company added Anthony Noto and Joey Levin to its board earlier this year.
In a statement, Wbd board chair Samuel Di Piazza noted the involvement of Sessa, expressing appreciation for...
- 3/31/2025
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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