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Chris Albrecht (born July 24, 1952) is an American executive who founded Foresee Entertainment, an independent content creation, development and distribution company, in 2007.
Albrecht was the president of IMG Global Media and IMG Entertainment, subsidiaries of the IMG production company, from September 2007 until August 2008. Albrecht was also a Special Limited Partner in Forstmann Little & Co.
Albrecht was chairman and CEO of HBO from July 2002 until May 2007.
echt began working at HBO in June 1985 as senior vice president, original programming, West Coast.
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Chris Albrecht (born July 24, 1952) is an American executive who founded Foresee Entertainment, an independent content creation, development and distribution company, in 2007.
Albrecht was the president of IMG Global Media and IMG Entertainment, subsidiaries of the IMG production company, from September 2007 until August 2008. Albrecht was also a Special Limited Partner in Forstmann Little & Co.
Albrecht was chairman and CEO of HBO from July 2002 until May 2007.
HBO
Albrecht began working at HBO in June 1985 as senior vice president, original programming, West Coast. Before becoming Chairman in 2002, he spent seven years as president of HBO Original Programming, where he directed all day-to-day operations of West and East Coast original programming for HBO, Cinemax and HBO Independent Productions and also oversaw HBO Sports and HBO Film Programming. From 1990 to 1995, Albrecht was President of HBO Independent Productions and oversaw development and production of comedy series for distribution on HBO and the networks, including Martin and Everybody Loves Raymond. Under his leadership, HBO became the leader in innovative entertainment and sports programming with critically-acclaimed series like Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Deadwood, Band of Brothers and Entourage among many others.
Before joining HBO, Albrecht worked for five years with the firm International Creative Management (ICM), where he was instrumental in signing such talent as Jim Carrey, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg. From 1975 to 1980, he co-owned The Improvisation nightclub in New York City, and also was a talent management consultant for ABC in New York City.
In 2003, Variety magazine named Albrecht "Showman of the Year".
In 2006, Albrecht was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame.
IMG
In September 2007, Albrecht signed a three-year deal with IMG in September to serve as head of IMG Global Media and a special limited partner in Forstmann Little & Co., the private equity firm headed by Ted Forstmann that owns IMG. Albrecht and Forstmann planned to raise a $250 million fund for investments in media and entertainment content. But in a terse statement released by IMG on August 12, 2008, Albrecht’s departure was blamed on the firm’s inability to raise those funds.
Education
Albrecht holds a BA degree in dramatic literature from Hofstra University in New York.
Arrest
Albrecht was arrested in Las Vegas in May 2007, for allegedly grabbing his girlfriend, Karla Jensen. Jensen was unharmed and refused to press charges. Las Vegas police continued to press battery charges. He pleaded 'No Contest' and received a six month informal probation. The incident was named one of the 101 Dumbest Moments in Business in 2007 by Fortune magazine.
The Los Angeles Times and several tabloids have also inaccurately reported that Albrecht had assaulted an HBO subordinate in 1991 and HBO paid personal injury damages. This is untrue, as stated by Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, in a published letter to the editor of the Los Angeles Times on June 3, 2007.
Personal life
Albrecht has been married once, but was divorced in 2001. He has two daughters, Kate and Tess, from that marriage.
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