Andy Gordon

Andy Gordon is the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, where he leads corporate strategy and operations, focused on translating strategy into operational plans that drive performance, scalability, efficiency, and long-term growth across the Company.

Prior to joining Paramount, Andy was a Partner at RedBird Capital Partners, leading the firm’s Los Angeles office as well as its Technology, Media & Telecom (“TMT”) investment team and its Capital Markets activities.

While at RedBird, Andy was responsible for the firm’s West Coast business and established the firm’s Los Angeles office in 2021. In addition, he helped lead the firm’s Capital Markets initiatives, supporting RedBird’s existing investment portfolio as well as strategic opportunities for new investments. Within the portfolio, Andy helped source the firm’s investments in Skydance Media with the Ellison family, Talent Systems, and Hidden Pigeon. He also led the firm’s investment in Paramount.

Prior to joining RedBird, Andy had a distinguished 35-year career at Goldman Sachs, where he was the global chairman of Investment Banking Services, head of the Investment Bank’s West Region, global head of media and telecommunications for the Technology, Media and Telecom Group, and co-head of the One Goldman Sachs family office initiative in the Americas. He advised some of the most prominent industry leaders in Media, Entertainment, and Telecommunications, including Disney, AT&T, Liberty Global, Live Nation, IAC/Expedia, and Activision, and was the first leader to build and unify the West Region, which now spans three offices, generating over $3 billion in revenue.

Philanthropically, Andy is the founding Chairman of the Sierra Canyon School, an early kindergarten through grade 12 college preparatory school in Los Angeles. He serves as a Trustee Emeritus for Wesleyan University and is the Co-Chairman Emeritus and Trustee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Andy holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a General Course degree from the London School of Economics.