With over 20 years of international experience, Emmy-winning producer Chris Grant has overseen the sale of more than 4,000 hours of content to over 220 countries. Most recently serving as CEO of Electus, the entertainment studio owned by Barry Diller’s IAC, Grant was responsible for the company’s continued growth across global and domestic TV, and digital entertainment. Electus was consistently at the forefront of working with top tier brands such as Walmart and Procter & Gamble in creating innovative programming for the major US broadcasters.
Prior to Electus, Grant launched and ran Shine International (now Banijay Endemol Shine) for Elisabeth Murdoch. The global sales and distribution label was responsible for distributing programming from the Shine Group companies including Reveille, Kudos, Dragonfly, Princess Productions, Brown Eyed Boy, Shine TV, Shine France, Shine Germany and Shine Australia as well as Metronome, the Nordic region’s leading production group. Under his leadership, Shine International became one of the world’s top television distributors, with Grant transforming such formats as MasterChef, The Biggest Loser, Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? and The Moment of Truth into global brands.
Prior to founding Shine International, Grant was managing director of independent studio Reveille, a company he helped start in 2002 after working at the William Morris Agency. While there, he oversaw international distribution and creative affairs, and was responsible for distributing all of Universal Television Group’s formats overseas. The company was best known for such popular, award-winning series as The Biggest Loser, The Office and Ugly Betty (Reveille was acquired by Shine in 2008).
