Ownership record
Who owns Paramount Global?
Paramount Global agreed in 2024 to merge with Skydance Media, putting control in the hands of David Ellison with backing from the Ellison family and RedBird Capital in a transaction valued around $8bn.
The short answer
- OwnerSkydance Media
- Owner isthe studio founded by David Ellison and backed by RedBird Capital
- Owned since2024
- Previous ownerNational Amusements, the Redstone family holding company
- Reported consideration8,000,000,000 US dollars
- Assetthe studio behind Paramount Pictures, CBS and Nickelodeon
How the deal was structured
The deal ended the Redstone family's decades-long control of the studio through National Amusements. It followed a failed round of talks with Sony and Apollo and a special committee review of competing bids.
On the money trail board this sits as a 2024 movement of $8.00B between San Francisco and New York, sourced to Wikipedia. Open the full ledger entry.
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