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| Name | Charles H. Rivkin |
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Santa Monica, California , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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April 06, 1962
(62 years)
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
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| Info | Charles Hammerman Rivkin
Charles Rivkin joined W!LDBRAIN in September 2005 as President and Chief Executive Officer. He is a member of the Board of Directors of W!LDBRAIN and is Chairman of the Board of Kidrobot, Inc., a subsidiary of W!LDBRAIN and a leading creator and specialty retailer of limited edition toys and apparel. Rivkin also serves as an Executive Producer of W!LDBRAIN¹s hit series YO GABBA GABBA!, which airs weekdays on Nickelodeon. This ground-breaking preschool franchise is now in its second season and was named one the best new shows of 2007 by Time Magazine.
Upon joining W!LDBRAIN, Rivkin led the acquisition of Kidrobot to add additional infrastructure to the pop-culture powerhouse and to develop entertainment properties based on the popular characters and brands. W!LDBRAIN has a number of Kidrobot media properties in active development and recently teamed with Paramount Pictures to develop an animated feature film based on Kidrobot characters.
Rivkin formerly served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Jim Henson Company (JHC), known worldwide as a legendary family entertainment pioneer for its creation of the Muppets. During his 15 years of leadership at JHC, Rivkin served as the first President and only CEO in the company¹s 50 year history who was not a member of the Henson family. As President, Rivkin dramatically expanded the business and engineered the successful sale of the company to EM.TV in 2000 and then to the Walt Disney Company in 2003.
Rivkin received his M.B.A. from Harvard University and his B.A. from Yale College. He spends his time in W!LDBRAIN¹s San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles offices and lives in Santa Monica, CA with his family.
Rivkin, 47, is the son of the late William R. Rivkin, a lawyer and Democratic insider who was appointed ambassador to Luxembourg by President John F. Kennedy and ambassador to Senegal and Gambia by President Lyndon Johnson. Rivkin was only a child when his father died in Dakar in 1967.
During the 2004 presidential campaign, Rivkin was an active supporter of Democratic nominee John Kerry, and served as an at-large California delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
When Obama shattered campaign fundraising records with a $150 million haul in September 2008, his bundlers in California played a key role in amassing so much cash. Rivkin was one of these major players, serving as Obama’s Southern California finance co-chair. According to OpenSecrets.org, he sent at least $500,000 towards Obama’s campaign committee as a bundler and another $300,000 toward his inaugural committee. Since the 1994 election cycle, Rivkin has personally contributed more than $97,500 to Democrats, including $6,600 to Obama.
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