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.