Tom Rothman

Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

Sports, Business

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

He's the Chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group with 30 years of history having run both independent and major film companies, as well as television studios. With billions of dollars to his name in box office hits, Tom's financed and produced the likes of Titanic, Avatar, Jumanji, Spider-man, Life of Pi, Castaway, There's Something About Mary, Lincoln, Henry V, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, and many, many more. On the show he references Leonardo DiCaprio as the Michael Jordan of acting and Meryl Streep as the most intellectual and emotionally intelligent person he's ever come across. That's saying a lot, given he's worked on community-based projects with the last 4 US Presidents and continues to correspond with subsidiaries of Sony Pictures across 40 countries. He's done it all. The theatrical business has changed over the last 5 decades. From the emergence of VHS to Blockbuster, on-demand to streaming platforms, Tom's navigated the 5 major media-conglomerates to continued success. There's never been a more exciting time and evolving environment in media than today...and we talk all about it on the show. What makes this one of my favorite interviews? Perhaps to no surprise, Tom's an incredible storyteller. Having grown up in Baltimore playing lacrosse then continuing his amateur career at Brown University, Tom still keeps a lacrosse stick in his office today. For athletes, coaches and entrepreneurs alike, we bob and weave from sports metaphors to major business decisions, making this a conversation worth sharing.

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? Welcome to an all-new episode of
0:05.4	Sooting Up, presented by Public.com and OutSystems. This is episode four of season three and on
0:11.4	your host, All Ravel. Personally, this was an all-time favorite. Of the 80 interviews I've
0:17.8	done since 2017, allow me to explain. Mr. Tom Rothman, he grew up in Baltimore, playing
0:26.5	the cross, and he keeps a stick with him in each of his offices and homes here in Hollywood,
0:31.0	still as the chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group. So when you think about once
0:38.1	upon a time in Hollywood, a film by the way he financed and won awards for, you think of the
0:43.3	decision makers in a multi-billion dollar global industry, if you watched Entourage growing up.
0:49.7	While the main characters were actors and agents, it always came down to that one gigantic
0:55.2	network executive. They would ultimately approve both a $100,000 indie film budget and a $300
1:02.6	million major. That's Tom Rothman, one of five major heads of media conglomerates. Yes, you have
1:11.3	Rothman at Sony, Iger at Disney, Greenblatt at Warner Media, Redstone at Viacom, and Rovner at NBC
1:19.0	Universal. Now beyond his record-setting goals at Brown on the Lacks field, Tom's responsible for
1:24.8	all-time greats over 400 films in his 30-year career. I'll list a few off. Titanic, Avatar, Lincoln,
1:32.8	Jumanji, Spider-Man, Castaway, Mulan Rouge, Slumdog Millionaire, Minority Report, X-Men,
1:38.9	The Devilware's Prada, and On and On. On the show, we talk about everything from managing chaos,
1:44.2	to discipline and financing, encouraging creativity, playing ball in the house, and its predictions on
1:50.7	the future of streaming services related to theatricals. Note, we both have fans and attendants
1:56.7	in common for our respective business futures. Let's get to it, shall we? This show is made possible
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