Peter Guber

Entrepreneur Keynote Speaker, Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment Group, Championship NBA Team Owner, and #1 NYT Bestselling Author

Peter Guber is a top business keynote speaker, storytelling expert, CEO of Mandalay Entertainment Group, owner of the Golden State Warriors, and the bestselling author of Tell to Win. His golden touch earned him a Best Picture Academy Award for Rain Man and helped the Warriors win multiple NBA Championships. Peter shares stories from his time in sports and entertainment to show how businesses can win.

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  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

  • Peter Guber Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    Please Inquire

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

Suggested Keynote Speaker Programs

Leading In Uncertain Times

Leaders in uncertain times cannot wait for a return to “normalcy.” This is not the moment to be risk averse. You must be an agent of change or you’ll soon find yourself and your organization in a permanent state of “dormancy.” Achieving success in today’s ...

Leaders in uncertain times cannot wait for a return to “normalcy.” This is not the moment to be risk averse. You must be an agent of change or you’ll soon find yourself and your organization in a permanent state of “dormancy.”

Achieving success in today’s high-consequence, highly uncertain, and rapidly-changing world requires that leaders be adept in living and acting out of their comfort zones. Organizations must keep a keen eye for incremental change, but leadership must look for exponential opportunities.

Through Peter Guber’s four decades of business experience across diverse industries, he’s organized certain F.A.C.T.S. that are crucial to leading and succeeding in uncertain times. Be motivated by a renowned leader who knows how to gain and sustain competitive advantage during times of uncertainty.

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Tell to Win – The Power of the Purposeful Story

Stories are a misunderstood, misused, and underutilized asset in business. The ability to tell a purposeful story well can be a highly powerful  professional tool that can propel success for anyone in any industry. In this entertaining, enlightening and informative ...

Stories are a misunderstood, misused, and underutilized asset in business. The ability to tell a purposeful story well can be a highly powerful  professional tool that can propel success for anyone in any industry. In this entertaining, enlightening and informative presentation, “StoryMan” Peter Guber shares his methodology of how to employ purposeful storytelling to sell more products/services, rebrand your product or company, lead more persuasively, manage more effectively, inspire greater creativity, and foster deeper collaboration.

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Creating Your Winning Team

What is the secret sauce behind… Turning an NBA franchise from worst to first and winning 3 championships in 4 years? ...

What is the secret sauce behind…

  • Turning an NBA franchise from worst to first and winning 3 championships in 4 years?
  • Building world-class stadiums and venues?
  • Rallying an enterprise to embrace a new technology?
  • Producing Academy Award-winning movies?

The secret sauce is building a winning team. Few create high performance, winning teams in diverse industries with repeated success like Peter Guber.

Rich in stories spanning his vast career as a successful executive and entrepreneur, Guber reveals three core navigational stakes critical to define, design, create, and implement a winning team: a robust culture, a tolerance for risk, and the ability for every member to articulate the promise, process and product.

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Winning

Pioneering New Industries in Untested Markets

Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

About Keynote Speaker Peter Guber

Peter Guber is Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment Group. Prior to Mandalay, Guber was Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Chairman and CEO of Polygram Entertainment, Owner and Co-Founder of Casablanca Record & Filmworks and President of Columbia Pictures. Guber produced or executive produced (personally or through his companies) films that garnered five Best Picture Academy Award nominations (winning for Rain Man) and box office hits that include The Color Purple, Midnight Express, Batman, FlashdanceThe Kids Are All Right and Soul Surfer.

Peter Guber is operating Owner of the 2015, 2017 and 2018 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors, an Owner of the five-time National League West Champion, Los Angeles Dodgers, and an Owner and Executive Chairman of Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC). Peter Guber is Co-Executive Chairman of aXiomatic, a broad-based esports and gaming company which owns Team Liquid, a premier esports team. Peter Guber is a Regent of the University of California and has been a professor at UCLA for 40 years.

Peter Guber is a noted author with works including Shootout: Surviving Fame and (Mis)Fortune in Hollywood, which became a 7-year television series on AMC which he hostedHe wrote the cover article for the Harvard Business Review titled, The Four Truths of the Storyteller. His most recent business book, Tell To Win – Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story, became an instant #1 New York Times bestseller.

Testimonials

“The JP Morgan clients have not stopped talking about you!  They just loved their evening at Paramount with your riveting talk.  We used many of your points the next day during our presentations.  Thank you for your time, your energy and your wisdom – we were blessed with all three.”

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CEO of Wealth Management, JP Morgan Chase

“The reviews are in!  You were the hit of the conference – we just got the evaluation results back, and you were the highest rated speaker.  It was delightful to be with you – really MAGIC!”

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Chairman, ToyCon

“Absolutely fantastic!  Anyone at any level will learn how to raise their game through Peter’s MAGIC methodology.”

Terry Semel

former CEO and Chairman of Warner Bros. and Yahoo!

“You will leave his keynote a better story teller and a stronger, more effective business person.”

Al Verrechia

Chairman, Hasbro

“I wanted to thank you for contributing to the success of our Senior Leadership meeting here at Cisco last week. I am pleased to say that your score placed you in the top 3 of all presenters (over 30 presenters) at the event. Great job.”

Greg Thomas

Sr. Director, Cisco

“Peter Guber was amazing – a wonderful way to begin our conference!  Everyone enjoyed him tremendously, and we’ve received a lot of positive feedback about his presentation and his humor!”

Kay Dowgun

Associate Director, 2009 Annual Wharton Leadership Conference

“Anyone seeking to become stronger leaders will benefit from Peter Guber’s unique expertise in the art, craft and magic of story.”

Warren Bennis

Distinguished Professor, USC & Author of “On Becoming A Leader”

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Dec 18, 2019

Peter Guber’s Golden State Warriors Named Sports Franchise of the Decade

Entrepreneur expert and keynote speaker Peter Guber was lauded as part of the investment team that helped make the NBA...

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Jul 2, 2019

Peter Guber Shows the Power of Storytelling in Business Success

When it comes to success in business, Peter Guber believes storytelling is key. With a resume spanning decades, Guber has...

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May 24, 2019

Lessons on Building Your Company Through Storytelling From Peter Guber

Peter Guber is the man behind the scenes. You’ve heard of Sony Entertainment, Mandalay Entertainment, the L.A. Dodgers, and the...

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Mar 21, 2019

Does Your March Madness Bracket Hold Up to AI

Now that your brackets are locked in with the Louisville/Minnesota tip-off, it’s time we tell you who’s actually going to...

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Nov 30, 2018

Sports Maven Peter Guber Expands Into New Arenas

The Dodgers, The Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Football Club—what do they all have in common? Peter Guber is at...

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Oct 29, 2018

Peter Guber’s Teams Are Winners Online and Offline

What do the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Dodgers, and online esports Team Liquid all have in common? If you...

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Oct 22, 2018

Dodgers Are Looking for Redemption in 2018 World Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers made it to the World Series Championships to fight for redemption after last year’s near win....

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Oct 17, 2018

NBA Considers Championship Toe Rings in Light of The Warriors’ Unstoppable Success

For the third time in four years, Peter Guber and Joe Lacob’s Golden State Warriors celebrated their NBA Championship at...

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Jun 11, 2018

Warriors Win for the Third Time in Four Years in Unexpected Sweep

The Golden State Warriors won their third championship in four years last night, defeating their old rivals, the Cleveland Cavaliers....

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