Mr. Lynton is a Director of Ares Management Corporation. Mr. Lynton has served as the Chairman of Snap Inc. since September 2016, and has served as Chairman of Warner Music Group and Schr dinger, Inc. since 2019. Mr. Lynton also serves as an advisor to 25madison, a venture capital firm. Mr. Lynton also serves on the board of regents of the Smithsonian and a member of the board of trustees of the Rand Corporation, and he previously served as the Tate s media business trustee from May 2017 until May 2021. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Sony Entertainment from April 2012 until February 2017, overseeing Sony s global entertainment businesses, including Sony Music Entertainment, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Mr. Lynton also served as Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment from January 2004 to January 2017. Prior to joining Sony Pictures Entertainment, Mr. Lynton worked for Time Warner and served as CEO of AOL Europe, President of AOL International and President of Time Warner International, and earlier served as Chairman and CEO of Pearson s Penguin Group where he oversaw the acquisition of Putnam, Inc. and extended the Penguin brand to music and the internet. Mr. Lynton holds a B.A. in History and Literature from Harvard College, where he also received his M.B.A. Mr. Lynton s knowledge and extensive business and management experience, including in the telecommunications industry and with international business activities, position him well to serve on the Board.