Harry E. Sloan

Harry Evans Sloan (born March 8, 1950) is an American business executive. He is the chairman and chief executive officer at Global Eagle Acquisition Corp. since February 2, 2011. Sloan also serves as a director at ZeniMax Media.
Sloan served as chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 2005 to 2009, where he remains a consultant, and SBS Broadcasting (1990-2001).

Sloan was born to a working class Jewish family in Torrance, California. His father worked in the parts department at Douglas Aircraft; his mother was a substitute teacher and helped found the first Jewish temple in the South Bay.

From 1976 to 1983, he was an entertainment lawyer with Sloan, Kuppin and Ament, which he founded in Los Angeles. Sloan served as co-chairman of New World Entertainment Ltd. from 1983 to 1989. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 to the President's Advisory Council on Trade and Policy Negotiations (ACTPN).

During the period when Sloan was the chairman and CEO of SBS Broadcasting, he purchased a 9% stake in ZeniMax Media, which SBS Broadcasting holds. Since SBS Broadcasting was acquired by ProSiebenSat.1 Media in the summer of 2007, the 9% stake in ZeniMax Media has belonged to ProSiebenSat.1 Media. Sloan has served on the board of ZeniMax Media Inc since its foundation in 1999.

Sloan was a California state financial chair for the Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012. Sloan also serves as a trustee on the board of The McCain Institute. During the 2016 election cycle, Sloan initially supported Ohio Governor John Kasich until he dropped out and on August 9th, 2016, Sloan announced his support for Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Sloan has two daughters from his first marriage. He is married to immigrant Florence (née Low) Sloan who is of Malaysian Chinese descent. They have two sons. Sloan lives in Los Angeles, California.