Richard D Nanula

Former Disney CFO, former chairman of Miramax

When he was appointed chief financial officer of the Walt Disney Co. at age 31, he was the youngest CFO in Fortune 500 history. When he became CEO of Starwood Hotels in 1998, he was one of the first black Fortune 500 chiefs. Richard Nanula later became CFO of drug giant Amgen and served on the board of Boeing. Nanula resigned in July 2013 from private equity firm Colony Capital and the Miramax film company, where he was chairman. Nanula was key to Disney’s success in the ’90s. When EuroDisney was sucking billions of capital, the young Nanula negotiated with Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud to help save Paris’s version of Disneyland from bankruptcy. Actually, Nanula was so cautious that he discouraged Eisner from buying a TV network—which Eisner went ahead and did, acquiring ABC in a $19 billion deal in 1995. That purchase brought Disney ESPN and turned out to be a very wise investment. Nanula went on to head Disney Stores and was on the company’s fast track for 12 years before his best friend from Harvard Business School, Barry Sternlicht, wooed him away to run Starwood Hotels and Resorts. At Starwood, the golden boy’s success began to unravel. Nanula, calm and self-possessed, and Sternlicht, who is intense and impetuous, couldn’t stand working with each other. They veered toward divorce corporate-style. Nanula never got back on the fast track. Dismissing Eisner’s invitation to go back to Disney, he briefly ran an Internet startup, Broadband Sports, whose investors included Michael Dell and former Viacom CEO Frank Biondi. The firm went bust a year or s after Nanula joined. His tenure as CFO of Amgen lasted six years but ended with controversy over late public disclosure of disappointing drug-study results. At Los Angeles-based Colony Capital since 2008, Nanula was viewed as a smooth and astute businessman who operated below the radar. As chairman of Miramax, which Colony acquired from Disney in 2010, he was trying to restore the film studio to the stature it had when it was run by the prolific Weinstein brothers.

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Norm Brownstein	Evan Bayh, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Richard Burr, Tom Carper, John Ensign, Chuck Grassley, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Effective Government Committee, Mitt Romney, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Daniel C Tate Jr	Evan Bayh, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Richard Burr, Tom Carper, John Ensign, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Paul Coverdell, Charles Spittal Robb, Henry Scott Baesler, Bill Bradley, Beryl Anthony, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Steve Farber	Evan Bayh, Barbara Boxer, Tom Carper, John Ensign, Chuck Grassley, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Effective Government Committee, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Ronald L Platt	Evan Bayh, Barbara Boxer, Tom Carper, Chuck Grassley, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Henry Scott Baesler, Sam Melville Gibbons, Larry Pressler, Beryl Anthony, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Effective Government Committee, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Thomas A Davis	Barbara Boxer, Richard Burr, John Ensign, Chuck Grassley, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Jack Reed, Hugh James Saxton, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Charles Spittal Robb, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Sam Melville Gibbons, Larry Pressler, Beryl Anthony, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Effective Government Committee, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Jeffrey Katzenberg	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Tom Carper, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Bill Bradley, Sam Melville Gibbons, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Walt Disney Productions Employees PAC (Disney Employees Political Action Committee), Effective Government Committee, Motion Picture Association of America Inc Political Action Committee, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller
Leon Black	Evan Bayh, Barbara Boxer, Tom Carper, Chuck Grassley, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Mitt Romney, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Thomas Boggs	Evan Bayh, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Tom Carper, Chuck Grassley, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Bob Dole, Sam Melville Gibbons, Beryl Anthony, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Amy Rothschild Friedkin	Evan Bayh, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Tom Carper, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Henry Scott Baesler, Al D’Amato, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Effective Government Committee, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
James C Free	Evan Bayh, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Richard Burr, Tom Carper, Chuck Grassley, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Henry Scott Baesler, Sam Melville Gibbons, Beryl Anthony, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Ronald Platt	Evan Bayh, Barbara Boxer, Tom Carper, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Henry Scott Baesler, Sam Melville Gibbons, Larry Pressler, Beryl Anthony, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Effective Government Committee, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
John F Cooke	Evan Bayh, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Bill Bradley, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Walt Disney Productions Employees PAC (Disney Employees Political Action Committee), Effective Government Committee, Motion Picture Association of America Inc Political Action Committee, Mitt Romney, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller
David S Steiner	Evan Bayh, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Hugh James Saxton, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Bill Bradley, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Effective Government Committee, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Michael D Eisner	Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Bill Bradley, Sam Melville Gibbons, Larry Pressler, Beryl Anthony, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Walt Disney Productions Employees PAC (Disney Employees Political Action Committee), Effective Government Committee, Motion Picture Association of America Inc Political Action Committee, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller
Roselyne Chroman Swig	Evan Bayh, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, Richard Burr, Tom Carper, Chuck Grassley, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Charles Spittal Robb, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Effective Government Committee, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Michael A Feiner	Evan Bayh, Barbara Boxer, Tom Carper, Chuck Grassley, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Henry Scott Baesler, Al D’Amato, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mitt Romney, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Harriet Zimmerman	Evan Bayh, Howard Lawrence Berman, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Ben Nelson, Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Charles Spittal Robb, Henry Scott Baesler, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Effective Government Committee, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Bennett S Lebow	Barbara Boxer, Tom Carper, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Mitt Romney, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
John A Merrigan	Evan Bayh, Barbara Boxer, Tom Carper, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Barack Obama, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Paul Coverdell, Al D’Amato, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Effective Government Committee, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad
Debra Ressler Black	Evan Bayh, Barbara Boxer, Tom Carper, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Jack Reed, Arlen Specter, Tom Daschle, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Charles Spittal Robb, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Mitt Romney, Mike Synar, Jay Rockefeller, Kent Conrad

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Richard D Nanula

Former Disney CFO, former chairman of Miramax

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