Frank Peter Cuneo is an American businessperson who has been CEO and vice chairman of Marvel Entertainment, president and CEO of Remington Products, managing principal of Cuneo & Company, a private investment and management company and president of Black & Decker security hardware group.
Cuneo earned a bachelor's degree in Ceramic Engineering from Alfred University[3] and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
[4] After a year working as a quality control engineer for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Cuneo entered the United States Navy – graduating with honors from Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island.
Vulture investor Isaac Perlmutter purchased a controlling interest in the company from former New England Patriots owner Victor Kiam.
In less than four years, he executed a successful turnaround of the business and facilitated Remington’s sale to Vestar Capital Partners.
Having recently emerged from bankruptcy, Marvel was burdened by high yield debt and had only $3 million in the bank, barely enough to cover its cash needs.
Within a few years, Marvel had become a household name launching film franchises based on Spider-Man, X-Men, Hulk, Fantastic Four and others.
Record-breaking profits at the box office led to significant growth in toys, video games, merchandise and other consumer products as well as market share leadership in comics.
[4] The company made the transformative move of raising $525 million in funding to launch Marvel Studios.
[22] In 2017, Cuneo was named Chairman of VR / digital twin startup BeyondView, formerly known as Uncorporeal Systems.