01-On The Record-Mastermind behind "We Are The World" on the Magic of 3's
On The Record
English - July 06, 2015 23:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBCareers Business celebrities actors artists musicians entertainers entrepreneurs mavericks moguls success business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Ken Kragen, is as Jane Pauley from NBC stated, a phenomenon. He was the creator and organizer behind the historic humanitarian projects We Are The World, Hands Across America, and Cisco Systems NetAid, which earned him a United Nations Peace Medal.
He produced a variety of film and television projects ranging from the ground-breaking Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Kenny Rogers 5 Gambler movies, and in 2004 he produced the 12 Dogs of Christmas – a live action, full length feature film based on his daughter Emma’s best-selling children’s book.
He’s also managed the careers of Burt Reynolds, The Bee Gees, Gallagher, Kenny Rogers, Lindsey Buckingham, Lionel Richie, Olivia Newton-John, the Smothers Brothers, and Trisha Yearwood, just to name a few.
He’s the author of Life Is A Contact Sport, and has an impressive record of unprecedented success as a motivational speaker, career and marketing consultant, and designer of non-profit events and strategies.
And if that wasn’t enough, Ken’s lectured at Harvard Business School, USC, Loyola Marimont, and the University of Tennesse, and currently teaches a 10-week undergraduate course at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music called Stardom Strategies for Musicians.