John A Davis

John Davis is one of five children of Marvin and Barbara Davis, a legendary Hollywood power couple. Marvin Davis's fortune is estimated to be $3.5 billion; he has bought and sold such iconic businesses as the Resort at Pebble Beach, the Aspen Skiing Co., the Beverly Hills Hotel, and Twentieth Century Fox. Originally an oil baron from Denver, Davis père is said to have been the inspiration for the character Blake Carrington in the 1980s TV series Dynasty. Edging out from under his father's shadow, the younger Davis worked on the second Indiana Jones picture, earned an M.B.A. at Harvard, and then went on to produce 52 films that have grossed $2 billion worldwide. He also dabbled in angel investing, mostly notably in WebTV, which was acquired by Microsoft in 1997.