Warren Lieberfarb

Warren N. Lieberfarb (born September 28, 1943) is Chairman of Warren N. Lieberfarb & Associates, LLC (WNLA), a boutique consulting and investment firm based in Los Angeles focused on digital media technology and distribution.

[1] In 1967, he worked as a financial analyst for Paramount Pictures where he was introduced to the concept of films on a disc and was asked by then president Stanley R. Jaffe to research new home video technologies.

Lieberfarb's most significant achievement at WHV was his widely acknowledged role as the architect of the DVD.

[2][3][4] It was his initial vision that evolved into today's DVD, the format that revolutionized the home video business model from rental to purchase, driving unprecedented growth in studio home video revenues.

[7] He has served as a member of the board of directors of Sirius Satellite Radio[8] and thePlatform[9] (since 2006 a subsidiary of Comcast Interactive Media).