The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced that entertainment industry icon, Jeffrey Katzenberg, will be honoured as the Media Person of the Year 2019. Katzenberg will be presented with the award at an evening Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, 19 June 2019, during the annual Festival.
Jeffrey Katzenberg is the founder and chairman of the board of Quibi, a mobile-first media platform incubated at WndrCo. He is also the co-founder and managing partner of WndrCo, a holding company that invests in, acquires, develops and operates consumer technology businesses.