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Gary Barber is a media executive who was born in 1957 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the co-chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). He has been in the entertainment industry for over 30 years, and has held executive positions at Warner Bros., Spyglass Entertainment, and Morgan Creek Productions. Barber graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg with a degree in commerce. He began his career in the entertainment industry in 1989, when he joined Warner Bros. as a senior vice president of business affairs. He was promoted to executive vice president in 1994, and then to president of worldwide theatrical production in 1997. In 2000, Barber left Warner Bros. to become the co-chairman and CEO of Spyglass Entertainment. He was responsible for the production of films such as The Sixth Sense, Seabiscuit, and The Count of Monte Cristo. In 2010, he joined Morgan Creek Productions as chairman and CEO. In 2012, Barber was appointed co-chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He has since overseen the production of films such as The Magnificent Seven, Creed, and Tomb Raider. Barber is married to his wife, Lisa, and they have two children. He is 63 years old and has an estimated net worth of $100 million.

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In December 2010, Barber became Chief Executive Officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Under his leadership, MGM together with Eon Productions and Sony Pictures financed the successful James Bond film Skyfall, which grossed US$1,1 billion. MGM then also financed The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), 21 Jump Street (2012) and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013). MGM then moved forward with remakes of RoboCop and Poltergeist. In March 2018, Barber was ousted from MGM, coming five months after the renewal of his contract with the studio to 2022; he received a $260M settlement.

Barber is also a Thoroughbred racehorse owner. The Deputy, owned in partnership with Team Valor, won the 2000 running of the Grade II Santa Catalina Stakes and the Grade I Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. In 2006, Becrux, also owned in partnership with Team Valor, won the Grade I Woodbine Mile at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada. In 2014, his filly Lexie Lou won the Queen's Plate and was named the Canadian Horse of the Year. His horse War of Will won the 2019 Preakness Stakes.

In 1982, he won a trip to the Arlington Million horse race in Illinois. In the same year, he moved to the United States, where his brother Cecil had been living since 1979. In the mid-1980s, Barber became a U.S. citizen. In 1998, he and Roger Birnbaum founded Spyglass Entertainment in Los Angeles. His highest-grossing film as producer was The Tourist (2010), which grossed close to US$280 million at the worldwide box office.

Gary Barber (born 1957) is a South African-born American film producer. Barber was the chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He is also co-founder of Spyglass Entertainment.