Obama to visit DreamWorks HQ
By Justin Sink - 11/21/13 03:26 PM
EST
President Obama will
visit the headquarters of DreamWorks
for a speech on the economy next Tuesday, the White House announced.
"The American motion picture
and television industry is a growing industry and continues to create thousands
of jobs all across the country," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said
Thursday.
The animation studio was founded
in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen — each major
donors to the president's campaigns.
Speilberg and Katzenberg each
donated $1 million to the super-PAC supporting the president's efforts last
year, while Geffen hosted a $1.3 million fundraiser at his Hollywood home during the 2008 presidential
campaign.
In 2012, Katzenburg was among a
list released by the Obama campaign of biggest campaign bundlers.
The trip to DreamWorks will come
amid a West Coast fundraising swing planned by the president before the
Thanksgiving holiday.
Obama will attend a
$32,400-per-plate event to benefit the Democratic National Committee at the
home of "Friends" co-creator Marta Kauffman.
He'll also appear at an event
benefiting House Democrats the prior day at the Los Angeles home of NBA legend Magic Johnson.
Tickets to that event range between $2,500 to $15,000 per person.
Later in the trip, Obama will
attend a dinner at the home of Hollywood
producer Haim Saban. Saban's company
owns Spanish-language television channel Univison
and produces children's television shows, including the popular "Power
Rangers" franchise.
Tickets to that event start at
$16,200 per person, or $32,400 per couple, according to Variety.
DreamWorks
Mellody L. Hobson
is the chairman for DreamWorks Animation
SKG Inc., a trustee at the Sundance
Institute, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance Institute, and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George
Soros is the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Haim
Saban is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the chairman for Univision Communications Inc., and a benefactor for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy.
Saban
Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Mellody L. Hobson
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, a trustee at the Sundance
Institute, and the chairman for DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc.
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