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Gary Gannaway (born July 31, 1954) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist and Chairman of Gannaway Entertainment Inc. Through his venture capital firm Gannaway Group, he has invested in various companies with interests that span cinema, television, gaming, advertising and online technology. He founded Gannaway Web Holdings d/b/a Worldnow and is the current CEO and Chairman. Gannaway previously founded Genesis Entertainment, the largest privately held television syndication company.〔http://www.worldnow.com/file/2014/10/Gannaway_s_Genesis__2_.pdf〕 Genesis Entertainment, latter known as New World Communication, is the only company to successfully launch one hundred percent of its pilots- such as National Geographic, The Whoopi Goldberg Show and Highway to Heaven- into series.〔http://www.natpe.org/conference/speakers/bios/index.jsp?speaker_id_string=2964:fnUGDoeVHvyJL9IKWHs$jg * *〕 He later sold Genesis Entertainment to Ron Perelman MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Gannaway has received the prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Merrill Lynch, Ernst & Young and INC Magazine.〔http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=8935491&privcapId=8123228〕〔https://www.crunchbase.com/person/gary-gannaway〕 He currently sits on the board of the Department of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital where he has funded and co-pioneered treatment for head traumas that is now a standard in neurocritical care. ==Early life== Gannaway was born in Santa Monica, California and grew up in Beverly Hills. Gannaway's mother, Dana Gannaway, is a former ''Vogue'' model, and his father, Albert C. Gannaway, was a TV producer, a restaurateur, a pioneering program syndicator, and a songwriter for Nat King Cole, Bob Hope, Frankie Lane, and many others. Albert C. Gannaway is best known for creating the first television series to use 35mm color film. The series, ''The Stars of the Grand Ole Opry'', featured many legendary country music stars including Chet Atkins, Marty Robbins, Minnie Pearl. Gannaway attended Castle Heights Military Academy in Tennessee followed by three years of service in the Marine Corps.〔 In 1974, Gannaway was one of 32 men in the Marines Elite Force Recon.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Gannaway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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