His family moved to Boca Raton, Florida, during his junior year and ended up graduating from Spanish River Community High School in 1989.
[4][5] Kilar served as an executive for Amazon from 1997 to 2006, including as the senior vice president of its worldwide application software division.
[9] In 2014, he announced Vessel, a subscription video service, where he was CEO and backed by investment companies Benchmark, Greylock Partners, and Bezos Expedition until the site was eventually sold to Verizon Communications in 2016.
[13] The move was decried by many in Hollywood, including Christopher Nolan and Denis Villeneuve, while also being described as plainly violating the contractual rights of some of those who worked on the films.
[14][15][16] In March 2021, Kilar drew more ire by claiming that the COVID-19 pandemic was "really good for ratings" in conversation with Fox Corporation's Lachlan Murdoch.