David Ellison is making more headlines as the CEO of Skydance Paramount. The executive — whose company merged with Paramount this year — has one of Hollywood’s highest financial profiles, and, in turn, a net worth that towers like a skyscraper. The film producer found a way to ruffle even more feathers in the business, though, by commencing a hostile takeover of the Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery transaction .

“We’re really here to finish what we started,” David said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on December 8, 2025, days after Netflix announced its acquisition of Warner Bros . “We put the company in play,” the exec added. “We’re sitting on Wall Street, where cash is still king. We are offering shareholders $17.6 billion more cash than the deal they currently have signed up with N

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