Eric Ellenbogen in an American entertainment executive.

In 1987, Ellenbogen became head of Broadway Video

Broadway Video

Broadway Video is a media production and distribution company located within the Brill Building on Broadway, New York, United States. Founded in 1979 as a production house tasked with post-production work on Saturday Night Live, Broadway Video has since become one of the largest independent...

. At Golden Books Family Entertainment in 1996, Eric was president. Ellenbogen was appointed CEO and president of Marvel Enterprises

Marvel Entertainment

Marvel Entertainment, LLC , formerly Marvel Enterprises and Toy Biz, Inc., is an American entertainment company formed from the merger of Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. and Toy Biz, Inc....

 in November 1998 and served until July 1999.

Together with John Engelman in May 2000, Ellenbogen launched Classic Media

Classic Media

Classic Media, LLC, is an American production company and distributor of family programming. It was founded in 2000 by former Marvel Entertainment CEO Eric Ellenbogen and former Broadway Video executive John Engelman in hopes of acquiring mismanaged classic properties and giving exposure to...

. After the sale of Classic Media to Entertainment Rights

Entertainment Rights

Entertainment Rights Plc was a global media company. Its main role was in children and family television programming.The group was established in 1989 as Sleepykids. In 1999 it become entertainment rights and was focused on the creation and exploitation of major children's characters and brands...

 in 2007, Ellenbogen leaves Classic Media, along with Engelman. The two join forces in January 2008 with GTCR

GTCR

GTCR LLC is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout, leveraged recapitalization, growth capital and rollup transactions. As of 2008, it manages more than $8 billion in equity and mezzanine capital invested in a wide range of companies and industries....

 to form Boomerang Media

Boomerang Media

Boomerang Media, L.L.C. is an American media company founded by John Engelman and Eric Ellenbogen and the private equity firm GTCR in 2008...

, LLC. Boomerang Media purchased Entertainment Rights in 2009, bringing Classic Media back under his control.

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