Marc Schaberg

About Marc Schaberg

C-Level executive and Co-Founder with over 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry, combining entrepreneurial drive with corporate leadership and M&A experience across start-ups, mid-size companies, and Fortune 500 enterprises. Skilled at building and scaling small businesses as well as managing large-scale operations in global organizations. Experienced in managing production businesses across film, scripted and unscripted television and animation and content distribution of new and library content through FAST Channels, AVOD, YouTube, broadcast licensing, studio theatrical distribution and streaming platforms. Accomplished at structuring co-productions, co-financings, JV agreements and bespoke financial structures with partners.Currently COO of Hasbro Entertainment, instrumental in the creation and structural design of a unified entertainment division following Hasbro’s divestiture of eOne’s Film & Television business. Oversee P&L planning and business strategy focusing on partner enabled growth driving our brands by converting our IP into content creation and distribution opportunities. Notable achievements include renegotiating a foundational rights agreement for major IP and securing rights and production deals for Hasbro brands across film, scripted, unscripted, and animation with leading studios and streaming platforms.Career highlights include structuring a $65M revolving P&A facility with Merrill Lynch at Element Films. Co-founder of Sierra Pictures and Sierra/Affinity, leading business, finance, and operations from launch through the sale of the businesses to eOne; oversaw financing and distribution of films generating over $1B in revenue and earning multiple Academy Awards. At eOne Film & Television, responsibilities spanned business and legal affairs, production, technical operations, and rights management, while also serving as interim CFO and a key member of the executive leadership team overseeing the sale of eOne Film & Television to Lionsgate with JP Morgan and Centerview Partners.Core strengths include structuring and negotiating complex deals, operations management, finance, team leadership, and executive strategy. Additional contributions include serving as Executive Producer on 30+ films including Atomic Blonde, Mr. Brooks, Poms, Parker, Filth and Waiting. lecturing at universities, authoring a published book, and writing for The LA Times, The Nation, and academic journals.

Experience

1. COO, Hasbro Entertainment

   Hasbro

   Jan 2023 — Present

   Leader in the structural design and creation of Hasbro Entertainment as part of Hasbro’s divestiture of eOne’s Film & Television businessDirected year-long complex re-negotiation of foundational rights agreement for major IPLed negotiation of rights and production agreements for Hasbro brands across film, scripted television, unscripted television and animation with nearly all major studios and streaming platformsManaged the P&L for division and presented to CEO, CFO and Board of Directors

Education

• University of Michigan

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics and History

• University of California, Riverside

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economics

• University of California, Riverside

  Master of Arts - MA, Economics