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href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%84%EB%93%9C_%EA%B2%8C%ED%8E%80" title="데이비드 게펀 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="데이비드 게펀" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Geffen" title="David Geffen – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="David Geffen" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%93_%D7%92%D7%A4%D7%9F" title="דייוויד גפן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דייוויד גפן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">David Geffen</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Geffen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/David_Geffen.jpg/220px-David_Geffen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="336" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/David_Geffen.jpg/330px-David_Geffen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/David_Geffen.jpg/440px-David_Geffen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="961" data-file-height="1467" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Geffen in 1973</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">David Lawrence Geffen</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1943-02-21</span>) </span>February 21, 1943<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 81)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">New York City, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_College" title="Santa Monica College">Santa Monica College</a> (no degree)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output 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ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Entrepreneur</li><li>record executive</li><li>film producer</li><li>media proprtietor</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data title">Founder of <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_SKG" class="mw-redirect" title="DreamWorks SKG">DreamWorks SKG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_Records" title="DreamWorks Records">DreamWorks Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asylum_Records" title="Asylum Records">Asylum Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geffen_Records" title="Geffen Records">Geffen Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Geffen_Film_Company" title="The Geffen Film Company">Geffen Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DGC_Records" title="DGC Records">DGC Records</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Donovan Michaels (m. 2023)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Lawrence Geffen</b> (born February 21, 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American film producer, record executive, and <a href="/wiki/Media_proprietor" title="Media proprietor">media proprietor</a>. In music, he co-founded <a href="/wiki/Asylum_Records" title="Asylum Records">Asylum Records</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Roberts" title="Elliot Roberts">Elliot Roberts</a>) in 1971 before founding <a href="/wiki/Geffen_Records" title="Geffen Records">Geffen Records</a> in 1980, <a href="/wiki/DGC_Records" title="DGC Records">DGC Records</a> in 1990, and co-founding <a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_Records" title="DreamWorks Records">DreamWorks Records</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Mo_Ostin" title="Mo Ostin">Mo Ostin</a>, Michael Ostin and <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Waronker" title="Lenny Waronker">Lenny Waronker</a>) in 1996. In film, he founded <a href="/wiki/The_Geffen_Film_Company" title="The Geffen Film Company">the Geffen Film Company</a> in 1986 and co-founded <a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_SKG" class="mw-redirect" title="DreamWorks SKG">DreamWorks SKG</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Katzenberg" title="Jeffrey Katzenberg">Jeffrey Katzenberg</a>) in 1994. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2></div> <p>David Geffen was born in <a href="/wiki/Borough_Park,_Brooklyn" title="Borough Park, Brooklyn">Borough Park, Brooklyn</a>, New York, to Abraham Geffen and Batya Volovskaya (1909–1988).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geffen's mother owned a clothing store in Borough Park called Chic Corsets by Geffen.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both of his parents were <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> immigrants who met in <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">British Mandatory Palestine</a> and then moved to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His older brother Mitchell (born Mischa) Geffen (1933–2006) was an attorney who attended <a href="/wiki/UCLA" class="mw-redirect" title="UCLA">UCLA</a> Law School and later settled in <a href="/wiki/Encino,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Encino, California">Encino, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geffen graduated from Brooklyn's <a href="/wiki/New_Utrecht_High_School" title="New Utrecht High School">New Utrecht High School</a> in 1960 with a "barely passing 66 average". He attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">University of Texas at Austin</a> for a semester, and then <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_College" title="Brooklyn College">Brooklyn College</a>, before again dropping out. He then moved to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a> to find his way in the entertainment business.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_College" title="Santa Monica College">Santa Monica College</a> (then known as Santa Monica City College) in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a>, but soon left. Geffen attributed his challenges in school to <a href="/wiki/Dyslexia" title="Dyslexia">dyslexia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-About:_Inventing_David_Geffen_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About:_Inventing_David_Geffen-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_career">Business career</h2></div> <p>After a brief appearance as an extra in the 1961 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Explosive_Generation" title="The Explosive Generation">The Explosive Generation</a></i>, Geffen began his entertainment career in 1964 as a mailroom clerk at the <a href="/wiki/William_Morris_Agency" title="William Morris Agency">William Morris Agency</a> (WMA), where he quickly became a <a href="/wiki/Talent_agent" title="Talent agent">talent agent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He learned about showbiz politics while reading the memos he delivered between agents.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In order to obtain the talent agent job, he had to prove he was a college graduate. As he later reported in an interview, he claimed in his job application at WMA that he had graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_at_Los_Angeles" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California at Los Angeles">University of California at Los Angeles</a> (UCLA). Because he worked in the mailroom, Geffen was able to intercept a letter from UCLA to WMA which stated that he had not graduated from UCLA. He modified the letter to show that he had attended and graduated, then submitted it to WMA.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His colleagues in the mailroom included <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Roberts" title="Elliot Roberts">Elliot Roberts</a>, who later became Geffen's partner at <a href="/wiki/Asylum_Records" title="Asylum Records">Asylum Records</a>. </p><p>In 1968 Geffen left WMA and became a talent agent for <a href="/wiki/Ashley-Famous_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashley-Famous Agency">Ashley-Famous Agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1969, he was executive vice president and talent agent for <a href="/wiki/Creative_Management_Associates" title="Creative Management Associates">Creative Management Associates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this time he also started working as a personal manager and was immediately successful with <a href="/wiki/Laura_Nyro" title="Laura Nyro">Laura Nyro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crosby,_Stills_and_Nash" class="mw-redirect" title="Crosby, Stills and Nash">Crosby, Stills and Nash</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Geffen was engaged in the process of looking for a record deal for young <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Browne" title="Jackson Browne">Jackson Browne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic Records</a> founder <a href="/wiki/Ahmet_Ertegun" title="Ahmet Ertegun">Ahmet Ertegun</a> suggested that Geffen start his own record label.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asylum_Records">Asylum Records</h3></div> <p>Geffen co-founded Asylum Records in 1971 with <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Roberts" title="Elliot Roberts">Elliot Roberts</a> after Geffen was unable to get <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Browne" title="Jackson Browne">Jackson Browne</a> a record deal anywhere else. The name Asylum was chosen because of the owners' reputations for signing artists who would struggle to find a record company that would contract with them. The label was distributed by Atlantic Records at this time. Asylum became a generator of the Southern California folk-rock sound and signed artists such as <a href="/wiki/Eagles_(band)" title="Eagles (band)">Eagles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Waits" title="Tom Waits">Tom Waits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt" title="Linda Ronstadt">Linda Ronstadt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warren_Zevon" title="Warren Zevon">Warren Zevon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judee_Sill" title="Judee Sill">Judee Sill</a>, and <a href="/wiki/JD_Souther" title="JD Souther">JD Souther</a>. Later in the 1970s Geffen left Asylum, which was later acquired by Atlantic's parent company, <a href="/wiki/Warner_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Communications">Warner Communications</a>, and merged with <a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra Records</a> in 1972 to become Elektra/Asylum Records. The label was revived in 2004 as an urban music operation, signing hip-hop artists such as Waka Flocka Flame, Cam’ron, Gucci Mane, Paul Wall, Mike Jones and Bun B.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geffen remained in charge until December 1975, when he went to work as vice chairman of <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> film studios.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then retired and in 1977 was informed (erroneously) that he had cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his retirement period he spent a short time (the fall of 1978 and spring of 1979) teaching a noncredit seminar on the music industry and arts management at <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a>, where he featured classroom guests Jackson Browne and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1980 a new medical diagnosis revealed the error in the original diagnosis<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Geffen was given a clean bill of health, whereupon he decided to return to working in the entertainment industry. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geffen_Records">Geffen Records</h3></div> <p>In 1980, he founded <a href="/wiki/Geffen_Records" title="Geffen Records">his eponymous record label</a> and recruited <a href="/wiki/Warner_Records" title="Warner Records">Warner Bros. Records</a> executive Ed Rosenblatt as president. The Geffen label's meteoric rise to prominence within the year proved a bittersweet success. Geffen's first artist to sign on was <a href="/wiki/Donna_Summer" title="Donna Summer">Donna Summer</a>, who was anxious to leave <a href="/wiki/Casablanca_Records" title="Casablanca Records">Casablanca</a>/<a href="/wiki/PolyGram" title="PolyGram">PolyGram Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geffen shortly after released her <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wanderer_(Donna_Summer_album)" title="The Wanderer (Donna Summer album)">The Wanderer</a></i> album, the lead single of which reached No. 3 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>, and the album certified gold. Casablanca countered by releasing more singles off her 1979 <i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Girls_(Donna_Summer_album)" title="Bad Girls (Donna Summer album)">Bad Girls</a></i> album such as the song <a href="/wiki/Walk_Away_(Donna_Summer_song)" title="Walk Away (Donna Summer song)">Walk Away</a> and a similarly named hits compilation to compete, but by then <a href="/wiki/New_wave_music" title="New wave music">New Wave</a> sound was dominating the airwaves.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The November 1980 release of <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a>'s album <i><a href="/wiki/Double_Fantasy" title="Double Fantasy">Double Fantasy</a></i> seems an impressive feat for a new label, but at the time Lennon stated that Geffen was the only one with enough confidence in him to agree to a deal without hearing the record first. <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Ono" title="Yoko Ono">Yoko Ono</a>, Lennon's wife and partner, stated that Geffen was the only label head to pay attention to her. In December 1980, Lennon was <a href="/wiki/Death_of_John_Lennon" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of John Lennon">murdered</a> and <i>Double Fantasy</i> became a massive seller. Over the years Geffen Records/DGC has released recordings by artists including <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Newton-John" title="Olivia Newton-John">Olivia Newton-John</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asia_(band)" title="Asia (band)">Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees" title="Siouxsie and the Banshees">Siouxsie and the Banshees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cher" title="Cher">Cher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonic_Youth" title="Sonic Youth">Sonic Youth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whitesnake" title="Whitesnake">Whitesnake</a>, <a href="/wiki/XTC" title="XTC">XTC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gabriel" title="Peter Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weezer" title="Weezer">Weezer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lone_Justice" title="Lone Justice">Lone Justice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blink-182" title="Blink-182">Blink-182</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guns_N%27_Roses" title="Guns N' Roses">Guns N' Roses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nirvana_(band)" title="Nirvana (band)">Nirvana</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">the Simpsons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lifehouse_(band)" title="Lifehouse (band)">Lifehouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyketto" title="Tyketto">Tyketto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pat_Metheny" title="Pat Metheny">Pat Metheny</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sloan_(band)" title="Sloan (band)">Sloan</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Stone_Roses" title="The Stone Roses">the Stone Roses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Young" title="Neil Young">Neil Young</a>. </p><p>The label had been distributed by Warner Bros. Records since its inception, but in 1990 the label was sold to <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA Records</a> with Geffen receiving shares in MCA worth $550 million.<sup id="cite_ref-mca_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mca-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A year later, <a href="/wiki/Panasonic_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Panasonic Corporation">Matsushita Electric</a> acquired MCA and paid Geffen $670 million.<sup id="cite_ref-mca_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mca-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geffen continued to run the label before leaving Geffen Records in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 1996 after being sold to <a href="/wiki/Seagram" title="Seagram">Seagram</a>, MCA reincorporated into its subsidiary name, <a href="/wiki/Universal_Studios,_Inc." title="Universal Studios, Inc.">Universal Studios, Inc.</a>, while MCA Music Entertainment was renamed <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Geffen label was restructured under the recently renamed company. On December 10, 1998, Seagram acquired PolyGram for $10.6 billion; the latter's music division was merged into UMG, thus, on New Year's Day 1999, Geffen Records was merged with its sister label, <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope Records</a>, and PolyGram subsidiary, <a href="/wiki/A%26M_Records" title="A&M Records">A&M Records</a>, to become <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Geffen_A%26M_Records" title="Interscope Geffen A&M Records">Interscope Geffen A&M Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its division, DGC Records, would be absorbed into Geffen soon after, but Beck and Sonic Youth did not fulfill their contracts with the sublabel until 2003. After years of low sales and profits, Geffen laid off or vacated 110 workers,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but later recovered under Interscope's supervision, which at the time, was under leadership of <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine" title="Jimmy Iovine">Jimmy Iovine</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Needs reliable sources that are not deprecated by Wikipedia. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2003, Universal dissolved MCA Records and <a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_Records" title="DreamWorks Records">DreamWorks Records</a>; MCA president <a href="/wiki/Jay_Boberg" title="Jay Boberg">Jay Boberg</a> had resigned the prior spring while UMG (in October) acquired the latter label from Geffen's film label, <a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_Pictures" title="DreamWorks Pictures">DreamWorks Pictures</a>, with rosters from both labels transitioning to Geffen Records.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The acquisitions and later dissolutions of both imprints caused 120 staff layoffs, while some remained under Geffen; few went to work for its parent, Interscope.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2024, Universal Music Group reorganized Geffen Records and its parent label, Interscope Records, through a unit merger with sister label, <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a> (which they acquired from now-defunct <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a> in 2012).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, in today's time, Geffen, Interscope and Capitol now operate autonomously under a newly built music label unit, Interscope Capitol Labels Group.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the fact that Geffen founded and owned Geffen Records, former president Eddie Rosenblatt, who died on July 17, 2024 (aged 89), was acknowledged to have been the one who led Geffen Records during its glory years in the 1980s and 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geffen_Film/DreamWorks_SKG"><span id="Geffen_Film.2FDreamWorks_SKG"></span>Geffen Film/DreamWorks SKG</h3></div> <p>Through the <a href="/wiki/The_Geffen_Film_Company" title="The Geffen Film Company">Geffen Film Company</a>, Geffen produced dark-tinged comedies such as the remake of <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(1986_film)" title="Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)">Little Shop of Horrors</a></i> (1986), <i><a href="/wiki/Risky_Business" title="Risky Business">Risky Business</a></i> (1983) and <i><a href="/wiki/Beetlejuice" title="Beetlejuice">Beetlejuice</a></i> (1988). Geffen was the Broadway backer for the musicals <i><a href="/wiki/Dreamgirls_(musical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dreamgirls (musical)">Dreamgirls</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Cats_(musical)" title="Cats (musical)">Cats</a></i>. In 1994, Geffen co-founded the <a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_SKG" class="mw-redirect" title="DreamWorks SKG">DreamWorks SKG</a> studio with <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Katzenberg" title="Jeffrey Katzenberg">Jeffrey Katzenberg</a>. In 1995, DreamWorks signed a $100 million deal with ABC.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, Geffen left DreamWorks.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Geffen_Hall_(48047408511).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Exterior of David Geffen Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/David_Geffen_Hall_%2848047408511%29.jpg/220px-David_Geffen_Hall_%2848047408511%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/David_Geffen_Hall_%2848047408511%29.jpg/330px-David_Geffen_Hall_%2848047408511%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/David_Geffen_Hall_%2848047408511%29.jpg/440px-David_Geffen_Hall_%2848047408511%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3973" data-file-height="2980" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/David_Geffen_Hall" title="David Geffen Hall">David Geffen Hall</a> as seen from Lincoln Center Plaza</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1995, he donated $5 million towards <a href="/wiki/UCLA" class="mw-redirect" title="UCLA">UCLA</a>'s Westwood Playhouse.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The theater was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Geffen_Playhouse" title="Geffen Playhouse">Geffen Playhouse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes (magazine)">Forbes</a></i> ("The 400 Richest Americans of 2004") and other sources, Geffen has pledged to give whatever money he makes from now on to charity, although he has not specified which charities or the manner of his giving. In 2002, he announced a $200 million unrestricted endowment for the School of Medicine at UCLA.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The School thereafter was named <a href="/wiki/David_Geffen_School_of_Medicine_at_UCLA" title="David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA">David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA</a>. On December 13, 2012, UCLA announced that Geffen had donated another $100 million in addition to his 2002 donation of $200 million, making him the largest individual benefactor for the <a href="/wiki/UC_system" class="mw-redirect" title="UC system">UC system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latest donation funds the full cost of attendance for up to 30 students per year, beginning with the Class of 2017. </p><p>In 2015, Geffen pledged $100 million toward renovation of what was then called the Avery Fisher Hall, part of <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts">Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts</a> in New York.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His gift, which amounted to about 20% of the hall's renovation costs, gave him naming rights in perpetuity over the building, now known as <a href="/wiki/David_Geffen_Hall" title="David Geffen Hall">David Geffen Hall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2020, Geffen pledged to donate $46 million to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Geffen_School_of_Medicine_at_UCLA" title="David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA">medical school</a>, which is named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2021, Geffen gave $150 million to the <a href="/wiki/David_Geffen_School_of_Drama_at_Yale_University" title="David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University">Yale School of Drama</a>. This gift allowed the drama school to eliminate tuition for all students enrolled in master’s, doctoral, and certificate programs. The school was renamed the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2021, <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Business_School" title="Columbia Business School">Columbia Business School</a> announced that David Geffen had made a gift of $75 million to support the school's new facilities in the <a href="/wiki/Manhattanville,_Manhattan" title="Manhattanville, Manhattan">Manhattanville</a> neighborhood, north of Columbia's main campus. In recognition of his donation, the East Building will be renamed David Geffen Hall when opened in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexuality">Sexuality</h3></div> <p>Geffen was initially defensive about his sexuality. During the 1970s he dated <a href="/wiki/Cher" title="Cher">Cher</a> and spent 18 months in a relationship with her. They began their relationship in 1973, while Cher was still married to <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Bono" title="Sonny Bono">Sonny Bono</a>, but their marriage was already ending. Geffen helped Cher gain independence in her career, since she was dependent on Sonny for some business contracts that Geffen would later call "slave labor." In early 1974, Cher's divorce became public and was heavily covered by the media, and it was at this time that Cher and Geffen made their first appearance together, at the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> ceremony. It was from this moment that Geffen became a media celebrity.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, Cher left him for <a href="/wiki/Gregg_Allman" title="Gregg Allman">Gregg Allman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geffen eventually <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">came out</a> as <a href="/wiki/Gay" title="Gay">gay</a> in 1992. In May 2007, <i><a href="/wiki/Out_(magazine)" title="Out (magazine)">Out</a></i> magazine ranked Geffen first in its list of the 50 "Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America".<sup id="cite_ref-outmagtop1003_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-outmagtop1003-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geffen reportedly married former <a href="/wiki/Go-go_dancing" title="Go-go dancing">go-go dancer</a> Donovan Michaels in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wealth">Wealth</h3></div> <p>As of October 2023, Geffen has an estimated net worth of $9.1 billion, making him one of the richest people in the entertainment industry.<sup id="cite_ref-dav_net3_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dav_net3-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2020, Geffen sold his <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title="Beverly Hills, California">Beverly Hills</a> estate to <a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a> CEO <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bezos" title="Jeff Bezos">Jeff Bezos</a> for $165 million, a price believed to be the highest ever paid for a home in a California real estate transaction.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2020, Geffen purchased <a href="/wiki/Casey_Wasserman" title="Casey Wasserman">Casey Wasserman</a>'s Beverly Hills estate for $68 million.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, Geffen bought a half-share in friend <a href="/wiki/Larry_Ellison" title="Larry Ellison">Larry Ellison</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Luxury_yacht" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxury yacht">luxury yacht</a> <a href="/wiki/Rising_Sun_(yacht)" title="Rising Sun (yacht)"><i>Rising Sun</i></a>, then at 138 metres (453 ft) the sixth largest motor yacht in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Ellison ordered a new and more compact 91 metres (299 ft) yacht, he sold his remaining half share in <i>Rising Sun</i> to Geffen in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, Russian billionaire <a href="/wiki/Roman_Abramovich" title="Roman Abramovich">Roman Abramovich</a> agreed to a divorce settlement with his wife Irina that resulted in her taking ownership of the 115-metre (377 ft) yacht <a href="/wiki/Pelorus_(yacht)" title="Pelorus (yacht)"><i>Pelorus</i></a>. Approached on Geffen's behalf by broker Merle Wood, Geffen bought <i>Pelorus</i> in 2011 for $300 million.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BizInsider_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BizInsider-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year Geffen sold <i>Pelorus</i> to Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan" title="Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan">Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan</a> for €214 million, way below its former price.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, Geffen drew backlash for posting on <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a> that he and a 45-member crew were self-isolating in the <a href="/wiki/Grenadines" title="Grenadines">Grenadines</a> on the <i>Rising Sun</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>David Geffen has been ranked the most polluting individual American and second most polluting individual in the world, largely due to his yachts.<sup id="cite_ref-theconversation.com_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theconversation.com-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Art_collection">Art collection</h3></div> <p>Geffen is a keen collector of American artists' work, including <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Pollock" title="Jackson Pollock">Jackson Pollock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Rothko" title="Mark Rothko">Mark Rothko</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willem_de_Kooning" title="Willem de Kooning">Willem de Kooning</a>. According to the chief curator at the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Los_Angeles" title="Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles">Museum of Contemporary Art</a> in Los Angeles, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Schimmel" title="Paul Schimmel">Paul Schimmel</a>: "There's no collection that has a better representation of post-war American art than David Geffen's."<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2006, Geffen sold two paintings by <a href="/wiki/Jasper_Johns" title="Jasper Johns">Jasper Johns</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Willem_de_Kooning" title="Willem de Kooning">De Kooning</a> from his collection for a combined sum of $143.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 3, 2006, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> reported that Geffen had sold <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Pollock" title="Jackson Pollock">Pollock</a>'s 1948 painting <i><a href="/wiki/No._5,_1948" title="No. 5, 1948">No. 5, 1948</a></i> from his collection for $140 million (£73.35 million) to Mexican financier <a href="/wiki/David_Martinez_(businessman)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Martinez (businessman)">David Martinez</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Martinez is the founder of London-based Fintech Advisory Ltd, a financial house that specializes in buying <a href="/wiki/Developing_countries%27_debt" class="mw-redirect" title="Developing countries' debt">Third World debt</a>. The sale made <i>No. 5, 1948</i> the <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_paintings" title="List of most expensive paintings">most expensive painting</a> ever sold (outstripping the $134 million paid in October 2006 for <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Klimt" title="Gustav Klimt">Gustav Klimt</a>'s portrait <i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Adele_Bloch-Bauer_I" title="Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I">Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I</a>,</i> purchased by cosmetics heir <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Lauder" title="Ronald Lauder">Ronald Lauder</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wealth-X reported in June 2013 that Geffen owns the most valuable private art collection in the world, and estimated its worth at $1.1B at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2016, Bloomberg News reported that Geffen had sold De Kooning's 1955 oil painting, <i><a href="/wiki/Interchange_(de_Kooning)" title="Interchange (de Kooning)">Interchange</a></i>, for $300 million, and Pollock's 1948 painting, <i><a href="/wiki/Number_17A" title="Number 17A">Number 17A</a></i>, for $200 million, both to hedge fund billionaire <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_C._Griffin" title="Kenneth C. Griffin">Ken Griffin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_views">Political views</h3></div> <p>Geffen is a donor to <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> candidates and organizations, and was an early financial supporter of President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>. In 2001, he had a quarrel with the former president over Clinton's decision not to pardon <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Peltier" title="Leonard Peltier">Leonard Peltier</a>, on whose behalf he had lobbied the President.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geffen was an early supporter of <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>’s presidential campaign and raised $1.3 million for Obama in a <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Beverly Hills">Beverly Hills</a> fundraiser.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with other Hollywood figures including <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a>, Geffen donated to oppose <a href="/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8" title="2008 California Proposition 8">Proposition 8 in the November 2008 election</a>. Proposition 8 would have amended California's Constitution to ban <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> California's voters passed Proposition 8 by a margin of 52.24% to 47.76%. Decisions in federal courts ultimately invalidated California's prohibition of same-sex marriage. See <a href="/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8#Legal_challenges" title="2008 California Proposition 8">2008 California Proposition 8 § Legal challenges</a>. </p><p>Geffen, among other wealthy Democrats, donated to <a href="/wiki/The_Lincoln_Project" title="The Lincoln Project">the Lincoln Project</a>, a Republican-led super PAC that opposed the re-election of Donald Trump and the Republican Senators who supported Trump in the 2020 election.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coastal_access">Coastal access</h3></div> <p>Until 2017, Geffen owned a <a href="/wiki/Malibu,_California" title="Malibu, California">Malibu</a> compound on <a href="/wiki/Carbon_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbon Beach">Carbon Beach</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1983 Geffen received permits from the <a href="/wiki/California_Coastal_Commission" title="California Coastal Commission">California Coastal Commission</a> to build a <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_(house)" title="Cape Cod (house)">Cape Cod-style</a> compound over multiple beachfront lots in exchange for creating a public pathway to the beach. He failed to build that pathway, and in 2002, filed a lawsuit to block public access altogether.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a protracted three-year legal battle, Geffen reached a settlement with the Coastal Commission, granting the public a nine-foot-wide easement to the beach and reimbursing the state and non-profit groups $300,000 in legal fees.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pathway was opened on May 30, 2005, to national and international media coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The controversy has been called the "most famous Malibu battle" for beach access.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Coastal Commission later contacted the state transportation department without receiving a response to ask if the curb cuts that prevented public parking were valid, amid rumors that Geffen had installed four fake garage doors.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accusations_of_insider_trading">Accusations of insider trading</h3></div> <p>On March 9, 2022, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> reported that Geffen, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Diller" title="Barry Diller">Barry Diller</a> and Diller's stepson, <a href="/wiki/Prince_Alexander_von_F%C3%BCrstenberg" title="Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg">Alex Von Furstenberg</a>, were being investigated by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" title="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission">Securities and Exchange Commission</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> for <a href="/wiki/Insider_trading" title="Insider trading">insider trading</a> of options on <a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a> just three days before Microsoft's announced acquisition. Diller denied the allegations and claimed it was "simply a lucky bet".<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2></div> <p>In 2010, Geffen was a recipient of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_inductees#Non-performers_(Ahmet_Ertegun_Award)" title="List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees">Ahmet Ertegun Award</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, Geffen was awarded with the President's Merit Award for "indelible contributions to the music industry" from the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Recording_Arts_and_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences">National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences</a> at the <a href="/wiki/53rd_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="53rd Grammy Awards">53rd Grammy Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_references">Cultural references</h2></div> <p>While Geffen has produced music, he has also been the subject of several songs, documentaries and books. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a> and Geffen were close friends and, in the early 1970s, made a trip to Paris with <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Robertson" title="Robbie Robertson">Robbie Robertson</a> and Robertson's wife, Dominique. As a result of that trip, Mitchell wrote "<a href="/wiki/Free_Man_in_Paris" title="Free Man in Paris">Free Man in Paris</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> about Geffen.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geffen can be heard on <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Broadway_Album" title="The Broadway Album">The Broadway Album</a></i>, released in 1985. The track "<a href="/wiki/Putting_It_Together" title="Putting It Together">Putting It Together</a>" features Geffen, <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Pollack" title="Sydney Pollack">Sydney Pollack</a>, and Ken Sylk portraying the voices of record company executives talking to Streisand.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geffen is the subject of several books, most recently <i>The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood</i> (2001) by Tom King, who initially had Geffen's cooperation, but later did not. An earlier biography was <i>The Rise and Rise of David Geffen</i> (1997) by Stephen Singular. He is also a featured character in <i>Mailroom: Hollywood History From The Bottom Up</i> by David Rensen, in <i>Mansion On The Hill</i> by Fred Goodman, in <i>Hotel California</i> by Barney Hoskyns, and in several books about <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ovitz" title="Michael Ovitz">Michael Ovitz</a>. </p><p>He was the subject of an <i><a href="/wiki/American_Masters" title="American Masters">American Masters</a></i> <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> television documentary titled <i>Inventing David Geffen</i>. The documentary was directed by Susan Lacy and was first broadcast on 20 November 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-About:_Inventing_David_Geffen_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About:_Inventing_David_Geffen-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first series of <a href="/wiki/The_West_Wing_season_1" title="The West Wing season 1"><i>The West Wing</i></a>, the actor <a href="/wiki/Bob_Balaban" title="Bob Balaban">Bob Balaban</a> played a character reported to be a thinly-veiled version of Geffen, as he pressured a sitting President to come out more strongly for <a href="/wiki/Gay_rights_in_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay rights in America">Gay rights in America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tom King, <i>The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood</i>, p. 12, Broadway Books (New York 2001).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMcNamara2012" class="citation web cs1">McNamara, Tom (November 1, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/david-geffen-timeline-year-by-year-how-david-geffen-invented-himself/2358/">"Inventing David Geffen ~ Timeline: Year by Year, how David Geffen Invented Himself | American Masters | PBS"</a>. <i>American Masters</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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