Skydance Adds Bobby Kotick and Laurene Powell Jobs to Board, Taps Tony Blair as Adviser

Oct 6, 2026 2:40pm PT Skydance Adds Bobby Kotick and Laurene Powell Jobs to Board, Taps Tony Blair as Adviser

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BANGKOK, THAILAND - SEPTEMBER 14: Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair on stage at Gastech 2026 at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 14, 2026. Gastech is the world's largest exhibition and conference dedicated to natural gas, LNG, hydrogen, climate technologies, and AI for energy, where world leaders, policymakers, and innovators gather to share insights and forge strategic partnerships. (Photo by Matt Hunt/Anadolu via Getty Images) Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president, Emerson Collective, speaks during the 29th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on May 4, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 18: Bobby Kotick poses as Sotheby's and Neiman Marcus celebrate the relaunch of Sotheby's Magazine on September 18, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Sotheby's ) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: Bobby Kotick attends the International Women's Media Foundation's Courage in Journalism Awards 2023 at Bank of America Tower on October 30, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bonnie Biess/Getty Images for International Women's Media Foundation)

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Skydance Corp., formed from the megamerger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, is bringing new blood to its board of directors.

On Tuesday, the company announced that Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective, and Bobby Kotick, founder and former CEO of Activision, are joining the board as independent directors. As previously announced, Ynon Kreiz, the ex-Mattel CEO who joined the company as co-CEO this week, also is joining the board. David Ellison is serving as Skydance’s chairman and CEO.

Skydance Adds Bobby Kotick and Laurene Powell Jobs to Board, Taps Tony Blair as Adviser

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