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Keith D. Black (born October 16, 1980) is a financier, screenwriter and former ''DNA'' magazine model, who was born in South Africa and grew up from a young age in San Diego, California. He has dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States. He is best known as the heir apparent to the Black family, described in the early 1990s as one of Great Britain's most influential entertainment and political dynasties.〔 Black is recognized for co-writing ''Princess'' (2006) and ''House of God'' (2008).〔Grey, Mark. "The Stud Advantage". ''Bender Magazine'', April 2011, p.32 ()〕 He is the COO of an asset management firm.〔 ==Early life== Black was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1980; his father Anthony Black was born in Ireland and his mother Michele (Blumberg) Black in South Africa. He has an older sister Tracy. In the early 1980s, when Keith was a young child, his family immigrated to San Diego, California with the family business. Black grew up there and attended King William's College (Colleish Ree Illiam in Manx) the highly affluent International Baccalaureate HMC school situated near Castletown on the Isle of Man. Black attended the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated. He later earned an MFA from The American Film Institute in Los Angeles, California. He also earned a business degree from Harvard University and joined his father in a financial firm. His paternal grandfather Roy Keith Black (deceased)〔("Roy Black Obituary" ), ''Sign on San Diego'', 29 December 2009, Retrieved 2010-02-01.〕 was the Managing Director in the 1950s of a UK public company specializing in television rentals. He later helped to establish broadcasting in Southern Africa. In San Diego, where he moved in 1982, he owned and operated Video Library, which later became Blockbuster Inc.〔("Blockbuster Announces Acquisition Agreement." ) 1988-02-16. Retrieved 2010-02-01.〕 Keith Black's paternal grandmother, Maureen Black (née Peres) is the daughter of Harold Peres, a UK and Ireland music producer and record distributor, with Solomon and Peres. In 1981, Solomon and Peres was acquired by Decca Records. In 1918, Black's mother's family began Blumberg Export and Import, a small timber business in South Africa. Eventually, it developed as the largest timber manufacturer in continental Africa. A portion of downtown Johannesburg is named after Black's maternal great-grandparents.〔() Jiminez, Max. "Million Dollar Man," ''Grab Magazine Chicago'', 2010, p.20.〕 Black is the cousin to both Phil Solomon (music executive), and The Right Honorable Mervyn Solomon, founder of Emerald Music, as well as cousin to British politicians, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes and The Right Honorable Phillip Oppenheim, House of Common's Conservative MP. In 1993 ''The London Times'' featured an article on Black's grandfather, Roy Keith Black and his political and entertainment influence on British Pop Culture for over 50 years. It described the extended Black family, together with the Solomons and Oppenheims, as one of the most influential dynasties in Great Britain.〔Julian Haviland, "The Pioneers of British Pop Culture," ''The Times,'' 12 December 1993; pg. 32;〕 Anthony Black worked in film and television distribution before becoming Senior Vice President and Co-Chairman of the Director's Board of Smith Barney. From 1972–1981, Anthony Black ran International Distribution for Norman Lear's Tandem Productions. He was considered a pioneer in South Africa Broadcasting, distributing ''All in the Family'', ''Maude'' (1972–1978), ''Good Times'' (1974–1979), and ''Sanford and Son'' (1972–1977) to Apartheid South Africa. 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「Keith D. Black」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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