Ron Meyer was born in Los Angeles in 1944, to Jewish immigrant parents who escaped Nazi Germany in 1939.
They opened Creative Artists Agency in a rented office with card tables, folding chairs, and their wives as the secretaries.
[5] Meyer had the longest studio reign in the history of Hollywood, and was the longest-serving chief of a major motion picture company.
Nine Universal films were nominated for the best picture Oscar during his tenure, with three winners including Shakespeare in Love (1998), Gladiator (2000), and A Beautiful Mind (2001).
[12] In a 2020, Meyer stated that the three NBCUniversal films he was most proud of were Brokeback Mountain (2005), United 93 (2006), and Apollo 13 (1995), because of their historical and social impact.
[13] Throughout his career, Meyer built strong relationships with actors and filmmakers such as Jimmy Fallon, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Blum, Chris Meledandri, Angelina Jolie, Kevin Hart and Julia Roberts, and bringing them to Universal for both roles and overall production deals.
His relationships with filmmakers such as Meledandri, Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, and Michael Bay, brought several large IPs to Universal Theme Parks.
[16][17] On November 15, 2021, it was announced that Ron Meyer along with Sophie Jordan are CEO and co-CEO of Wild Bunch AG, a pan-European independent film distribution and production services company.