- Became co-owner, with Joe Lacob, of NBA's "Golden State Warriors" with a bid of $450 million [July 15, 2010].
- He was a juror on the Beverly Hills shoplifting trial of actress Winona Ryder in November, 2002. She was found guilty of vandalism and grand theft over an incident that happened on December 12, 2001. She was acquitted of a third charge, burglary.
- Became co-owner, with Magic Johnson, Mark Walter and Stan Kasten, of MLB's L.A. Dodgers with a bid of $2.15 billion [May 3, 2012].
- Founder of Filmworks in 1975, then merged with Casablanca Records in 1976 to form Casablanca Record and Filmworks in 1976 and renamed to PolyGram Pictures in late 1979.
- Met producing partner Jon Peters in 1980 while he worked for PolyGram Pictures.
- He was head of Columbia Pictures from the late 1980s to the early 1990s with partner Jon Peters. Their rocky tenure as head of the company was documented in the book "Hit and Run".
- Daughter is actress Elizabeth Guber
- Is a Boston Red Sox fan.
- Received his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Law and Juris Doctorate degrees and was admitted to the New York and California Bars.
- Entertainment and media analyst.
- Guber is chairman and chief executive officer of Mandalay, which includes Mandalay Pictures, Mandalay Television, Mandalay Sports Entertainment, Mandalay Media Arts, and Mandalay E-Media.
- He was originally the producer of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) and hired three people, whom many felt were wrong for the project: writer Michael Cristofer, director Brian De Palma, and star Tom Hanks. He quit before filming began to go work for another company, and even though, he is credited as Executive Producer in the opening credits, the critics didn't mention him in their reviews as they blamed Cristofer, De Palma and Hanks for the fiasco.
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