Robert Bruce Simonds Jr. (born 1964) is an American film producer, entrepreneur, and the founder & chairman of STX Entertainment, which creates, produces, distributes, finances, and markets film (as STXfilms), television (as STXtelevision), digital media (as STXdigital), and live events as well as virtual reality (as STXsurreal). The company bridges the gap between China and the US, with additional partnerships around the globe (as STXinternational). According to ''

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'' in its first four years, Simonds more than tripled the company's valuation to an estimated US$3.5 billion.Wayne Ma and Julie Steinberg
"'Bad Moms' Movie Studio Plans Hong Kong IPO,"
''

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'', September 27, 2017.Anita Busch
"STX To Launch IPO On Hong Kong Stock Exchange In 2018,"
Deadline.com, September 27, 2017. In September 2017, it was reported that STX was close to an

initial public offering An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investme ...

on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK), and in April 2018, the company announced it had filed for an IPO.David Ng
"STX Entertainment files for planned IPO in Hong Kong,"
''Los Angeles Times'', April 26, 2018. In October 2018, it was announced that STX would not go through with the IPO, as market conditions had changed. Prior to working at STX, Simonds was an independent film producer whose over 30 films have generated more than $6 billion in worldwide box office revenue.
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Early life and education

Simonds was born in

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the son of Robert Bruce Simonds Sr., a businessman. He graduated from

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."Robert Simonds Jr., Anne Biondi"
''

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'', September 19, 1999.

Producing

From 1990 to 2012, Simonds produced over 30 Hollywood studio films, including the Adam Sandler films ''

Billy Madison ''Billy Madison'' is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Tamra Davis. It stars Adam Sandler in the title role, Bradley Whitford, Bridgette Wilson, Norm Macdonald, Darren McGavin, Mark Beltzman, and Larry Hankin. The film was written by Sandl ...

'', ''

Happy Gilmore ''Happy Gilmore'' is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and produced by Robert Simonds. It stars Adam Sandler as the title character, an unsuccessful ice hockey player who discovers a newfound talent for golf. The scree ...

'', ''

The Wedding Singer ''The Wedding Singer'' is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Coraci, written by Tim Herlihy, and produced by Robert Simonds and Jack Giarraputo. The film stars Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, and Christine Taylor, and tells t ...

'', '' Big Daddy'' and ''

The Waterboy ''The Waterboy'' is a 1998 American sports comedy film directed by Frank Coraci. It was written by Adam Sandler as well as Tim Herlihy and produced by Robert Simonds and Jack Giarraputo. Sandler also stars as the title character while Kathy B ...

''; '' Cheaper by the Dozen'', and ''

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'' which stars

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. He also produced '' This Means War'' with

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-winning actress

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and Tom Hardy. Simonds has produced a number of highly-profitable cult films including ''

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'' and '' Half Baked''.

STX Entertainment

Formation

In 2012, Simonds and

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, founder and managing partner of private equity firm TPG Growth, began conceptualizing and building a film, television and multimedia company that would make, market and distribute star-driven, commercial content to be distributed worldwide.Anita Busch
"Is This Hollywood’s Next Major Studio? Bob Simonds & TPG Growth’s Venture Fully Financed, JP Morgan Says; Hiring, Deals To Start In Earnest,"
''

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'', March 13, 2014.Tad Friend
"The Mogul of the Middle,"
''

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'', January 11, 2016. In 2014, STX Entertainment was formally launched with financing led by TPG Growth, and the company later secured investments from Chinese private equity firm

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and other individuals including Gigi Pritzker and William "Beau" Wrigley, Jr. II.Anita Bush
"Is This Hollywood's Next Major Studio?"
''Deadline Hollywood'', March 13, 2014. Serving as chairman and CEO of STX, Simonds hired entertainment industry veterans to build his executive team including former Viacom Entertainment Group COO Thomas B. McGrath and former CEO of Crest Animation Noah Fogelson. Former

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chairman Adam Fogelson and former

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and Fox production and marketing chief Oren Aviv were also added to the team.

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' former CFO Andrew Warren and former Paramount Pictures and

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communications head Patricia Röckenwagner later also joined. The company has multiple divisions: film (STXfilms), which includes animation and family content; television (STXtelevision), which includes scripted and unscripted content; and digital media (STXdigital); along with an international partnership and distribution arm headquartered in London (STXinternational). In 2016, the company received additional investment from Chinese Internet company

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and

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-based telecommunications company

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, and

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's chairman and CEO

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.Ryan Faughnder
"STX Entertainment secures funding from China's Tencent and PCCW,"
''

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'', August 11, 2016. In 2017, the world's largest international television and broadband company Liberty Global invested an undisclosed amount in the company. Funds from that round of financing will be used to continue to build STX Entertainment's TV division, further expand internationally and potentially make acquisitions. In March 2019, STX raised $700 million in new capital, in a round led by TPG Growth and Hony Capital, to help STX release more films, expand its TV business, and pursue acquisitions. STX Entertainment's Board of Directors is composed of investors and industry veterans including: Simonds, David Bonderman (founding partner of

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), John Zhao (CEO of

), Gigi Pritzker (founder of MWM Studios), Janice Lee (managing director of PCCW Media Group), Tracy Cui (managing director of Hony Capital),

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(former president and CEO of Viacom and former chairman and CEO of

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; senior managing director of WaterView Advisors),

(chairman and CEO of

), Carmen Chang (chairman of

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), and Bruce Mann (chief programming officer of Liberty Global).

STXfilms

When STX was launched the film division of the company focused its efforts on creating a new model. Rather than pursuing the traditional distribution process the company secured direct distribution agreements with North American theater chains

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, Regal, Cinemark, Goodrich,

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, and

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. In early 2015, the company signed a multi-year television output agreement to release films exclusively to

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and its multiplex channels Showtime, TMC and

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, covering STX theatrical releases through 2019. In April 2015, the company entered a multi-year partnership with

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for Universal to handle marketing, sales and distribution services for Blu-ray, DVD and VOD platforms for STX theatrical titles in North America. That same month, STXfilms closed a three-year slate deal with

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, one of China's largest film studios, enabling the companies to co-produce and co-distribute 12 to 15 films annually. In 2015, STXfilms acquired its first film at the

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, purchasing the worldwide rights to ''

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'' for $10 million USD. In January 2017, STXfilms signed a three-year marketing and distribution agreement with

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's EuropaCorp Films USA to release their upcoming slate of films. STXfilms projects have included ''

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''; '' Molly's Game''; '' I Feel Pretty''; and '' Gringo'' with

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; '' The Gift'', written, co-produced and directed by

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; ''

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''; '' The Foreigner'' starring

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; and ''

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'' starring

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and

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; '' The Boy''; and '' Free State of Jones'' starring

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. STXfilms announced ''

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'' starring

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and the film was released on August 24, 2018; an untitled romantic comedy developed by and starring

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; and '' Second Act'', a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez and directed by Peter Segal and was released on December 21, 2018.

STXtelevision

In 2014, the television division’s first project was the 13-episode series '' State of Affairs'', starring

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and Alfre Woodard, which was sold to

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. In 2015, STXtelevision produced the NBC pilot ''Problem Child'', based on the 1990 film of the same name. In April 2016, the STXtelevision Chinese variety show '' Number One Surprise'' premiered on

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, and became the #1 show in China with over 1 billion total views. In May 2017, STXtelevision announced it had acquired the first TV project from Kevin Kwan, author of '' Crazy Rich Asians''. In November 2017, STXtelevision announced '' Valley of the Boom'', a docudrama about the 1990s tech boom from showrunner and director Matthew Carnahan and executive producer

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, set to air on

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. STXtelevision produced season 23 of ''

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'', which aired on MTV in 2017. In February 2018, Fox and STXtelevision announced it is developing an unscripted series based on STXfilms' ''

''. In October 2018, STXtv received a pilot order from

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for ''The Edge of Seventeen'', based on the film of the same name released by STXfilms in 2016.

STXdigital

In August 2016, STXdigital acquired

virtual reality Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs pose tracking and 3D near-eye displays to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), e ...

(VR) studio Surreal, renaming it STXsurreal. Founded in 2015, in its first year Surreal produced over 70 immersive VR experiences. In June 2017, STXsurreal announced a partnership with media services agency Horizon Media to develop and produce VR and immersive content for the brand's new UNCVR unit. In 2018, STXsurreal announced a slate of original projects including ''The Limit'', a live-action, short-form series from

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and starring

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; ''New Tricks'', directed and produced by

Ed Helms Edward Parker Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor and comedian. From 2002 to 2006, he was a correspondent on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom '' The Offi ...

;Anita Busch
"STXSurreal Unveils Development Slate With Ed Helms, Dave Bautista, Peter Berg, And Kevin Smith’s ‘Jay And Silent Bob’,"
Deadline.com, April 4, 2018. and ''The Kiev Exchange'', a spinoff of STXfilms' '' Mile 22''. In December 2017, it was announced that STXdigital acquired the exclusive Chinese distribution rights to

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from Dick Clark Productions (dcp), along with the Chinese distribution rights to the 2018 Golden Globes broadcast from dcp and the

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. STXdigital and

partnered to broadcast both shows on

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. In January 2018, the companies announced they would also co-produce a live Chinese-language Golden Globes red carpet pre-show, to air live with the telecast.

STXinternational

In April 2016, a dedicated international division (STXinternational) opened. Headquartered in London, the division is led by former

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head David Kosse. The division launched with a slate of six films that included

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's directorial debut '' Breathe'' (which opened the 2017

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), '' Home Again'' starring

, and '' Wind River'' starring Jeremy Renner and

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. Additional titles on the STXinternational slate include Ridley Scott's ''

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'', Morten Tyldum's ''The Marsh King's Daughter'', and Bart Layton's '' American Animals''; and titles from the main STXfilms slate. In March 2019, John Friedberg was named president of STXinternational.

Accolades

In 2014, Simonds was featured as one of Hollywood's top dealmakers in ''

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'' magazine's Dealmakers Impact Report for his work at STX. ''

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'' has named Simonds one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Entertainment in each of their annual rankings through 2018, since first publishing them in 2016. In 2017, ''Variety'' featured Simonds on their first annual Variety500: Entertainment Leaders and Icons list. He made the list again in 2018.

Personal life

While attending Yale Simonds dated actress

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. Simonds married Anne Biondi in 1999, and the couple live in Los Angeles with their son and four daughters. About 2010 Simonds bought a house at

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for $4.7 million.

Filmography

As producer

As executive producer

Television

As executive producer

References

External links

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Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Blue Ribbon Committee

Nuverra Environmental Solutions Board of Directors

''Q&A With William McGlashan and Robert Simonds'' Worth August/September 2014

National Academy of Sciences Water Sciences & Technology Board Members
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