Zukor
Americannoun
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Paramount Pictures, the storied studio behind hits like “The Godfather” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” has had several owners over the last century: Its co-founder Adolph Zukor.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2023
The last pandemic, the Spanish flu of 1918, helped spur the creation of the Hollywood studio system under moguls such as Paramount Pictures co-founder Adolph Zukor, who took the opportunity to buy up failing theaters.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2020
Adolph Zukor founded Paramount Pictures and lived to 103.
From Time • Jan. 9, 2014
Set in a near-future New York City, the novel follows the strange career of math-obsessed futurist Mitchell Zukor, who lives through one of the disaster scenarios he's paid to predict for Fortune 500 companies.
From Slate • May 3, 2013
In the 20th century, those entrepreneurs were men such as Theodore Vail, Adolph Zukor and David Sarnoff.
From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2012
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