Sony Pictures Entertainment hired Jay Levine, most recently CEO of Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat media company, as EVP, chief strategy officer and business operations.
Levine reports directly to SPE president and CEO Ravi Ahuja. In the role, Levine will be responsible for “driving strategic growth initiatives” while overseeing corporate development, investments and M&A as well as providing direct oversight of a portfolio of Sony Pictures Entertainment businesses and departments.
Levine joined Hartbeat as CEO in early 2024, where he oversaw all aspects of the private-equity backed multiplatform entertainment company’s activities, including the development, production, marketing, distribution, and other exploitation of its intellectual property and experiences. Under his leadership,
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