Howard Peter Guber (born March 1, 1942) is an American film producer, business executive, entrepreneur, educator, and author.

He has also produced Rain Man, Batman, The Color Purple, Midnight Express, Gorillas in the Mist, The Witches of Eastwick, Missing, and Flashdance.

[1] Guber is also a co-owner of five professional sports teams: the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association, the Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association, the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) of Major League Soccer, and the professional eSports organization aXiomatic Gaming with a controlling interest in one of the world's premier eSports franchises, Team Liquid.

Guber joined Columbia Pictures in 1968 as an assistant to Jerry Tokofsky, who headed the studio's creative affairs department, which had the tasks of evaluating scripts and overseeing actors, directors, and producers.

[citation needed] Guber paid to fly himself to Columbia's New York City office and successfully argued for his promotion to vice president of creative affairs.

Their record operation included artists such as Kiss, Donna Summer, Captain and Tennille, The Village People, and George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic.

[8] He, Neil Bogart, and Jon Peters were planning to be partners of Boardwalk Records, but Guber instead joined PolyGram Pictures at the last minute.

[citation needed] Guber's producing credits during this period include Rain Man, Batman, Gorillas in the Mist, The Color Purple, Innerspace, The Witches of Eastwick, Flashdance, Missing, Tango & Cash, and An American Werewolf in London.

During Guber's tenure as co-chairman and CEO at SPE, the company produced and distributed films such as Awakenings, Misery, Flatliners, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Boyz n the Hood, City Slickers, Basic Instinct, A League of Their Own, Single White Female, A River Runs Through It, A Few Good Men, Sleepless in Seattle, In the Line of Fire, Groundhog Day and Philadelphia.

SPE's Motion Picture Group achieved, over four years, an industry-best domestic box office market share, which averaged seventeen percent.

During the same period, Sony Pictures led all competitors with 120 Academy Award nominations, the highest four-year total ever for a single company.

[22] Mandalay Television completed the ninth installment in the franchise, Carnal Innocence, starring Gabrielle Anwar, which premiered on Lifetime in June 2011.

[citation needed] Guber serves as chairman of the board of directors and is the managing partner of Mandalay Baseball LLC, which is a joint venture with ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

[27] Mandalay Sports Media made The Last Dance, a ten-part documentary series that chronicles Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls dynasty, which premiered on ESPN on April 19, 2020.

[33] In September 2012, Peter Guber and Mandalay Entertainment joined a partnership that purchased Dick Clark Productions from Red Zone Capital Management.

As co-managing partner, he joined Joe Lacob as the driving forces behind the current ownership group's NBA record-setting bid to purchase the Warriors in 2010.

[42] In October 2015, Guber and Lacob purchased twelve acres of land in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood to build a privately financed new arena.

"This award is a recognition of the vision, planning, and execution that went into making Chase Center a world-class sports and entertainment venue," said Warriors President and Chief Operating Officer Rick Welts.

In 2020, the Dodgers captured the ultimate prize in baseball, bringing the Commissioner's Trophy back to Los Angeles for the first time in thirty-two years.

In 2018, the Oklahoma City Dodgers were named the Triple-A winner of the Bob Freitas Award, an honor presented to Minor League Baseball's top franchise based on community involvement, long-term business success, and consistent operational excellence.

In October 2014, Peter Guber became the owner and executive chairman of Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC).

[50] The ownership group includes sports veteran Tom Penn, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Mia Hamm Garciaparra and Tony Robbins, among others.

The club debuted in 2018 in a newly constructed, state-of-the-art soccer stadium in the greater Los Angeles area that was built specifically for the team.

[58] Guber's other books include Inside the Deep and the Los Angeles Times best-seller Shootout: Surviving Fame and (Mis)Fortune in Hollywood.

"[61] Robert A. Iger, former president and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company said "TELL TO WIN gives great insight into why good storytelling skills are essential for a successful leader.

"[61] Guber is a professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television and has been a member of the faculty for over 40 years, teaching courses on leadership, digital media, sports entertainment and business storytelling.

[68] Guber's national and global speaking events include Cisco, JWT, Under Armour, Alcoa, HSBC, Twitter, Sodexo, Milken Institute, Intel, Korn Ferry, Women's Wear Daily CEO Summit, Wharton Leadership Conference, GAP Inc, John Hancock Life Insurance, Experian Marketing, Del Monte Foods, Cox Media Group, and Comcast.

In September 2016, aXiomatic announced it had acquired the controlling interest in esports Team Liquid and appointed Leonsis, Stein and Guber to its board.

[2] AXiomatic would receive investment from Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik in June 2017 and Warriors co-owner and Oaktree Capital co-founder Bruce Karsh in March 2018.

[73][74] In January 2019, aXiomatic participated in a $245 million strategic investment round for Niantic, Inc., maker of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and Pokémon Go, an incredibly successful title that surpassed the $2 billion revenue mark in June 2018.