Entertainment Media Ventures bridges the worlds of business, finance and entertainment by acting as business accelerators with proven success in strategic counsel, creation and activation.
EMV specializes in:
- Strategic Counsel to Venture Backed Companies and Entrepreneurs
- Digital Media and Technology
- Advertising and Branding
- The Intersection of Entertainment, Social Commerce and Social Media Initiatives
- Global Reach
- History
As a collective group, the executive team of EMV combines multiple decades of trusted experience and expertise in nearly every area of the entertainment industry:
- Celebrity Relationships – Extensive relationships directly with celebrities in the film, television and music communities as well as long-standing positive business relationships with key agents, publicists and managers associated with star talent.
- Live Venue Concert / Event – Extensive experience and deep relationships with the major talent, concert promotion companies, music labels and agents. For over a decade, EMV had oversight of the entertainment operations for Caesars Entertainment’s 27-resort casinos, including Las Vegas, and across their global system, and supervised talent booking strategy and execution, including booking such major talent as Elton John, Jerry Seinfeld, and other luminaries into the Caesar’s Palace’s signature showroom, The Colosseum.
- Global Citizenship
The World Economic Forum is an independent, international organization incorporated as a Swiss not-for-profit foundation with a vision that is threefold. It aims to be: the foremost organization which builds and energizes leading global communities; the creative force shaping global, regional and industry strategies; the catalyst of choice for its communities when undertaking global initiatives to improve the state the world.
As one of the media advisors to the World Economic Forum, Sandy Climan has been in the epicenter of activity for planning, discussion, and collaboration on various aspects on a year-round basis. Mr. Climan serves as a host annually of one of the most intimate, well-attended, and valued social dinners gathering some of the most elite and influential attendees of the conference.
In support of the Motion Picture & Television Fund, EMV was critical in helping move the Michael Douglas & Friends Golf Tournament to Las Vegas, as well as help provide additional sponsors and support for their star-studded “The Night Before” event which is one of the premiere events in conjunction annually with The Academy Awards.
Members of Entertainment Media Ventures participate in a variety of Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. In particular, Sandy Climan sits on the Board of Governors for the Fulfillment Fund, is on the board of the UCLA School of Public Health and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, and is heavily involved in the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute and the World Economic Forum.
As a member of the Advisory Committee to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mr. Climan joins a select group to help develop and guide the strategy for partnership, outreach and global awareness of the Centers’ initiatives.