His paternal grandparents were Oscar-winning producer Samuel Goldwyn and actress Frances Howard.

His maternal grandparents were Sidney Howard, screenwriter of Gone with the Wind and 70 other films, and Clare Eames, an actress.

[1] In September 2016, Discovery aired the limited series Harley & The Davidsons, which Goldwyn produced in association with RAW UK.

He then produced Manhunt: Unabomber, the first installment of Discovery's master criminal anthology series.

On April 30, 2011, Goldwyn and hotelier Jeffrey Michael Klein celebrated their life partnership in a ceremony in Marshall, California.