Jon Feltheimer Net Worth

What is Jon Feltheimer's Net Worth and Salary?

Jon Feltheimer is a media executive who has a net worth of $150 million. Jon Feltheimer serves as the CEO of the film and television production and distribution company Lionsgate Studios, having been appointed to the role in 2000. Lionsgate became a leading film company under his leadership, distributing such movies as "The Day After Tomorrow," the "Hunger Games" and "Twilight" series, "La La Land," and "Knives Out."

Salary

Over the past decade, Jon Feltheimer has earned well over $175 million in salary, bonuses, and stock awards as CEO of Lionsgate. His pay peaked in 2014, when a new contract and equity grants pushed his compensation package to $63.6 million. In more recent years, he has consistently drawn a base salary of $1.5 million with multimillion-dollar bonuses and stock grants, including $7.8 million in 2020, $11.5 million in 2021, $14.4 million in 2022, and $21.5 million in 2023. He also collected $7.2 million from Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp., underscoring his long run among Hollywood's best-paid executives.

Lionsgate Stock

As of this company's most recent SEC filing, Jon owns 1.4 million Class A shares, 430,000 Class B shares. He owns roughly 1.2% of the company's total shares outstanding.

Early Life and Education

Jon Feltheimer was born on September 2, 1951 in New York City. For his higher education, he attended Washington University in St. Louis, from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics.

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TriStar Television and Sony Pictures Entertainment

In 1991, Columbia Pictures Television acquired some of the assets of New World Television, of which Feltheimer was the president. He subsequently helped relaunch the old TriStar Television for Sony Pictures Entertainment, becoming its president in the process. In early 1994, TriStar Television merged with Columbia Pictures Television to create Columbia TriStar Television. Feltheimer served as the head of the merged company and was also executive vice president of Sony Pictures Entertainment. As the head of TriStar, he oversaw the development of such popular 1990s television series as the NBC sitcom "Mad About You," the CBS sitcom "The Nanny," the CBS fantasy series "Early Edition," the WB teen drama "Dawson's Creek," and the CBS sitcom "The King of Queens."

Lionsgate

In early 2000, Feltheimer was part of an investor group that acquired the film and television production company Lionsgate. He then became the company's new CEO. Over the ensuing years, Feltheimer substantially expanded the company by making several acquisitions focused on building Lionsgate's distribution capacity and film library. It became a leading entertainment company during this time, with a portfolio including Lionsgate Films, Lionsgate Television, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Pilgrim Media Group. Through Lionsgate Films, the company also releases movies under the Summit Entertainment production label.

Lionsgate Films has distributed many hugely successful film series, including the "Twilight," "Hunger Games," "John Wick," and "Expendables" series. Its other box-office hits have included "The Day After Tomorrow," "Fahrenheit 9/11," "La La Land," and "Knives Out." Lionsgate also distributed the 2005 Best Picture Oscar winner "Crash." On the television side, Lionsgate has co-produced such shows as "The Dead Zone," "Grey's Anatomy," "Criminal Minds," "Weeds," "Mad Men," and "Nashville." In late 2023, Lionsgate acquired Entertainment One, which it then used to create Lionsgate Alternative Television. The following year, Lionsgate extended Feltheimer's contract through August of 2029.

Other Activities

Among his other business activities, Feltheimer previously served as an advisor for the video game holding company ZeniMax Media. He also sat on the board of directors of the video game developer Telltale Games. On the philanthropic side of things, Feltheimer is a major donor to Kehillat Israel, a Reconstructionist synagogue in Los Angeles, California. For his contributions to Jewish culture, he was given the prestigious Humanitarian Award from the Simon Wiesenthal Center in 2016.

Personal Life & Real Estate

With his wife, Laurie Demarest, Feltheimer has four children.

In January 2010, Jon and Laurie paid $9.812 million for a home in LA's Holmby Hills neighborhood. He sold this home in August 2011 for $14.4 million. In 2012, he paid $17 million for a 12,000-square-foot mansion in LA's Bel-Air neighborhood.

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