Roger R. Smith, as the Principal at Roger Smith & Co., has for the past nine years been a consultant and advisor to financial institutions and media companies. The latter have ranged in size from Warner Bros. to small Internet start-ups. Smith was an entertainment industry executive from 1974 to 1996.
During this 20-year period, he spent ten years with Warner Communications (now Time Warner), starting as its VP-Investor Relations and later chairing Warner's Acquisitions Committee and overseeing its strategic planning. From 1987 to 1996 he held several operating positions in the entertainment business, including CFO and later President of LIVE Entertainment and Executive Vice President Finance of Carolco Pictures, both NYSE companies. He served on both the LIVE and Carolco Boards of Directors through 1996.
Prior to working in the industry, he spent eight years on Wall Street as a financial analyst and portfolio manager covering the entertainment industry, among others. He also writes about the media field for a number of publications, including having his own bi-weekly column "It's Only Money" in Variety from 1999-2001. He frequently appears on CNBC discussing events in the media field.
He received his Bachelor's degree cum laude from Harvard in 1966, concentrating in Modern German History. He is the very proud father of Daisy.
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