Dany

Garcia

Chairwoman and CEO, The Garcia Companies; Co-Founder, Seven Bucks Companies and Co-Owner, XFL

 

Dany Garcia is a groundbreaking visionary, and the definition of a mogul: a chairperson, entertainment magnate, founder, investor, producer, professional athlete, and philanthropist. Garcia is the architect behind some of today’s most successful enterprises, brands, and talent. Her innovative, global approach to every professional and personal endeavor has contributed to her continued success. Her precise instincts, paired with years of experience in the finance industry, have led to innovative and trusted business partnerships in a variety of verticals. Garcia’s passion for bettering the world through socially responsible decisions is consistently reflected in the culture of her teams and the businesses she builds. Garcia is the Chairwoman, Founder, and CEO of The Garcia Companies, and TGC Management. As chairwoman, Dany oversees a vast portfolio and utilizes her keen expertise to foster growth for brands within the business, entertainment, entrepreneurial and food spaces, including TGC Management, Seven Bucks Companies, the XFL, Teremana Tequila, virtual platform and live event experience Athleticon, the groundbreaking Project Rock line at Under Armour, VOSS, Acorns, Atom Tickets, CAVA, and Salt & Straw. Her agile thinking and risk-taking has garnered explosive growth for her brands, particularly guided by her unmatched ability to seamlessly adapt business models in the rapidly changing business and media landscape. Garcia employs one main philosophy throughout every facet of her business; to produce synergy amongst all endeavors in order to maximize success for each individual branch of business. Most recently, Garcia broke yet another glass ceiling in her groundbreaking acquisition of the XFL, becoming the first woman to own an equal or majority ownership stake in a major professional sports league in the United States. With partners Dwayne Johnson and RedBird Capital, the group has the unprecedented opportunity to option live entertainment intellectual property for further expansion across sports, live events and original entertainment programming. Melding her expertise and commitment to deliver inspiring, unique content, Garcia and team will develop the brand into a multimedia experience that athletes, partners and fans will embrace and love. TGC Management is a global brand development and management company consisting of an elite team of seasoned management executives responsible for guiding strategy and building enterprises for some of the world’s most coveted names and brands. Through her immersive work within TGC Management, Garcia is the visionary behind the careers of Dwayne Johnson and Henry Cavill. TGC Management has built billion-dollar brands by taking risks and changing business models to adapt to the needs of its clients. Garcia also serves as Co-Founder of Seven Bucks Companies, a multi-platform production company and digital studio pioneering original content for television, film, emerging technologies, and digital networks. Crossing all entertainment verticals, Seven Bucks Productions creates innovative content rooted in authenticity, strong storytelling, and passion. Garcia looks beyond box office numbers and focuses on how a project can make an international impression, create conversation, and impact the social landscape as a whole. Most recently, Jumanji: The Next Level became Seven Bucks’ biggest opening weekend of all time, and fan-favorite Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw (Universal Pictures) set the record as the only 2019 title to lead the global box office for four weeks, racing past $700 million worldwide. Most importantly, Garcia simultaneously epitomizes powerful, timely and authentic storytelling through her projects. The docuseries “Finding Justice” helped illuminate inequality in black communities across America, “Fighting With My Family” depicted raw female strength in a new light, and in top-rated competition show “The Titan Games,” the competitions for men and women were developed exactly the same through her vision. Garcia’s continued commitment to lifting up her community was evident particularly when she was honored at the 2020 National Hispanic Media Coalition’s Impact Gala with the Outstanding Film Producer Award. In her acceptance speech, she noted, “having a credit with the last name Garcia means so much more than me getting credit. It means something to our community.” In 2019, Garcia, in partnership with Dwayne Johnson, announced one of their most ambitious endeavors to date – Athleticon, a first-of-its-kind community-driven virtual experience and immersive live event that will take place in October 2021 in Atlanta.

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