Jim Kapenstein, who has been with The Walt Disney Company for nearly 30 years, is joining Starz.

Jim Kapenstein Leaves Disney

Kapenstein was most recently deputy general counsel for Disney. In his decades with the company, he oversaw mergers, acquisitions and divestures, joint ventures, corporate finance, antitrust, social responsibility, brand management, and strategic transactions, which included the acquisitions of Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm, 21st Century Fox, Hulu, and FuboTV.

Kapenstein will officially join Starz next week.

“I am honored to join [President and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch] and the Starz team at such an exciting time in the company’s growth and evolution,” Kapenstein said. “Starz has built an exceptional, profitable digital streaming business. I am looking forward to helping Jeff and his team shape the next stage of its growth and drive strategic direction through disciplined expansion, capitalizing on existing market opportunities and maintaining a best-in-class legal and corporate governance framework.”

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