Being born with a silver spoon is the best thing ever, a family with their roots established and businesses settled, seems to make the struggles already done and success an easy game to play. Born to a real estate broker Leslie, and a renowned doctor and businessman Jack Kavanaugh, Ryan too had a silver spoon. From having a family of accomplished people to becoming a businessman, film producer, and financer, his journey is an excellent combination of the falls and rises. Earlier a consultant to venture capitalists and small scale businesses, the turning point in his life was a refusal. When he asked his father a sum of $50,000 as a loan for his offshore investment fund, he got a denial. Later on, through his co-founded firm, Relativity Media, Ryan Kavanaugh created “the model”, a tool designed to have the odds of any film being a success. Relativity Media released a film only after the probability of profit was predicted by the model. In its first year, Relativity Media, under R...
Ryan Kavanaugh is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Relativity, a next-generation studio. The company is engaged in multiple aspects of entertainment, including film and television financing, production and distribution; music publishing; sports management and digital media. Kavanaugh is a highly successful producer and global expert in film finance.