{"id":7856329,"date":"2025-10-02T12:11:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/?p=7856329"},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:44:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:44:19","slug":"thegrill-2025-speaker-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/thegrill-2025-speaker-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"TheGrill 2025 Portrait Gallery: Kimbal Musk, Irving Azoff, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jerry Bruckheimer and More | Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

TheGrill 2025, TheWrap’s annual business conference in the heart of Hollywood, went off without a hitch Tuesday, bringing together some of the biggest industry figures and executives for thought-provoking and forward-looking conversations on artificial intelligence, streaming, sports and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among those figures, as you’ll see in the below portrait gallery shot by photographer Steve Limones, were storied “F1” film producer Jerry Bruckheimer; WndrCo founding partner Jeffrey Katzenberg; Nova Sky Stories CEO and co-founder Kimbal Musk (brother to Elon); the Azoff Company chairman and CEO Irving Azoff; WME bosses Christian Muirhead, Richard Weitz and Mark Shapiro; The Walt Disney Company’s head of theatrical distribution Andrew Cripps; Warner Bros. Pictures’ president of global distribution Jeff Goldstein; and many more. <\/p>\n\n\n

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TheGrill is one of two flagship events hosted by TheWrap each year, welcoming experts in media and technology as they discuss the ever-changing nature of the entertainment industry. This year\u2019s 10 panels highlighted a number of urgent topics about the business and future of entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scroll below for our full portrait studio of the TheGrill’s esteemed guests and panelists, lead by TheWrap founder, CEO and editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman. And read up on all of our Grill coverage here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jerry
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Jerry Bruckheimer,<\/strong> Award-Winning Producer, “F1”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Kimbal
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Kimbal Musk<\/strong>, CEO & Co-Founder, Nova Sky Stories, and Jeffrey Katzenberg<\/strong>, Founding Partner, WndrCo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Andrew
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Andrew Cripps<\/strong>, Head of Theatrical Distribution, The Walt Disney Company<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jeff
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Jeff Goldstein<\/strong>, President of Global Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Irving
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Irving Azoff,<\/strong> Chairman & CEO, The Azoff Company<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Irving
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Irving Azoff<\/strong>, Chairman & CEO, The Azoff Company, and Sharon Waxman<\/strong>, Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, TheWrap<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jeffrey
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Jeffrey Katzenberg<\/strong>, Founding Partner, WndrCo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Kimbal
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Kimbal Musk<\/strong>, CEO & Co-Founder, Nova Sky Stories<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Richard
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Richard Weitz, <\/strong>Co-Chairman, WME Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Christian
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Christian Muirhead<\/strong>, Co-Chairman, WME Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Mark
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Mark Shapiro<\/strong>, President and Managing Partner, WME Group & President and COO, TKO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Christian
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Christian Muirhead,<\/strong> Co-Chairman, WME Group, Richard Weitz,<\/strong> Co-Chairman, WME Group, and Mark Shapiro<\/strong>, President and Managing Partner, WME Group & President and COO, TKO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Nina
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Nina Shaw, <\/strong>Founding Partner, Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein Lezcano Bobb & Dang <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Brent
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Brent Weinstein<\/strong>, Senior Leadership Team, CAA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jaime
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Jaime Maggio<\/strong>, Los Angeles Sports Anchor, CBS <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Tommy
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Tommy Oliver,<\/strong> Filmmaker & CEO, Confluential Films<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Annie
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Annie Chang<\/strong>, VP, Creative Technologies, NBCUniversal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Greg
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Greg Foster<\/strong>, Owner & Principal, Foster + Crew<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Yves
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Yves Bergquist,<\/strong> Director, AI in Media, USC\u2019s Entertainment Technology Center<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Judy
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Judy Tu,<\/strong> SVP & Sr. Relationship Manager, City National Bank, Entertainment Division<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jed
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Jed Weintrob<\/strong>, Partner, 30 Ninjas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Ross
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Ross Gerber,<\/strong> CEO & President, Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Dhar
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Dhar Mann<\/strong>, Founder, Dhar Mann Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jasmine
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Jasmine Daghighian<\/strong>, VP, Film, Topic Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bennett
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Bennett Spector<\/strong>, GM, Bleacher Report<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Eduardo
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Eduardo Acuna,<\/strong> CEO, Regal Cineworld<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Eduardo
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Eduardo Acuna<\/strong>, CEO, Regal Cineworld with USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Students<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Joe
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Joe Franzetta, <\/strong>Head of Sports, Roku<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jonathan
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Jonathan Zepp,<\/strong> Head of Entertainment Content & Platforms, Google<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Fergus
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Fergus Navaratnam-Blair,<\/strong> VP, National Research Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Laura
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Laura Holson<\/strong>, Journalist & Founder, The Box Sessions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Sharon
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Sharon Waxman<\/strong>, Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, TheWrap<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Edward
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Edward Menicheschi<\/strong>, President & COO, TheWrap<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Melody
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Melody Hildebrandt<\/strong>, CTO, Fox Corporation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Pamela
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Pamela Duckworth<\/strong>, Head of Fubo Studios, Fubo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Sean
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Sean Atkins,<\/strong> CEO, Dhar Mann Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Sev
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Sev Ohanian<\/strong>, Founder, Proximity Media<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Toni
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Toni Gray,<\/strong> Head of Production, Dhar Mann Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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