As President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board Member of Skydance Media, Jesse helps to set and execute the overall strategy and growth plan for the company, while managing key operations across all units, including feature film, television, sports, animation and interactive.

Most recently, Jesse architected Skydance’s newest division, Skydance Sports, with the goal of building the first independent, global sports content studio at scale. Jesse is an executive producer on the studio’s first two projects both for Amazon Prime Video: the docuseries Good Rivals, which debuted last year , and the highly-anticipated film Air, directed by Ben Affleck and starring Affleck and Matt Damon.

In 2022 Jesse helped spearhead Skydance’s $400 million investment led by KKR and joined by The Ellison family, Redbird and Tencent pushing the studio’s valuation above $4 billion. In 2020, Jesse played a key role in the formation of Skydance Animation Madrid following the acquisition of Ilion Animation Studios, creating one studio across two continents with the expanded creative capability, scale and leverage to deliver on the studio’s goal of becoming an industry-leading producer of high-end animated films and television series. That same year, Jesse was instrumental in raising $275 million of equity capital and forming strategic partnerships with Redbird Capital and CJ ENM. The partnership with CJ ENM grows Skydance’s global television business and provides a foothold in the booming South Korean entertainment market. In 2018, Jesse raised $100 million of equity capital and formed a broad strategic partnership with Tencent Holdings to bolster Skydance’s footprint in China for its film and interactive divisions. In 2017, he facilitated a multi-year renewal of Skydance’s first-look production and global distribution deal with Paramount. And in 2016, Jesse took a leadership role in Skydance’s first acquisition – of game developer The Workshop Entertainment – to form Skydance Interactive, as well as in securing a $700 million recapitalization to enable continued growth and expansion.

Before joining Skydance, Jesse served as the managing shareholder of his own boutique entertainment and venture capital law firm and launched the graphic novel and augmented reality company Anomaly Productions. He began his career at Heller Ehrman LLP.

Jesse is a member of the Television Academy, Paley Media Council, and Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission, and was honored in Variety’s prestigious Dealmakers Impact Report for six years in a row (2015-2020). Jesse is also a minority owner of Angel City Football Club and of Team Liquid (multi-champion esports team). He also serves as a board member of UCLA’s Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Conservation International’s Global Leadership Council, and Angels at Risk.

Jesse earned his J.D. with honors from the University of California, Hastings and his B.A. with honors from the University of California, San Diego.