Jon Hookstratten — Executive Vice President of Administration & Operations at Sony Pictures Entertainment

Mr. Jon Hookstratten has been Executive Vice President of Administration & Operations at Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. since July 10, 2017. Mr. Hookstratten served as an Executive Vice President of Network Distribution at Fox Networks Group, Inc., overseeing the network's relationships with TV station owners. He was part of the exodus of experienced executives who took a voluntary buyout in a corporate restructuring. He worked at NBCUniversal and Eyemark Entertainment, a division of CBS Corp. A lawyer by training, he represented on-air talent and professional athletes from 1988 to 1996. A lawyer by trade and with over 25 years of experience in the industry, Mr. Hookstratten has worked with some of the biggest businesses in the entertainment space, and has held leadership roles in distribution, business affairs, human resources and other critical business functions. Mr. Hookstratten most recently served as Executive Vice President of Broadcast Distribution, at Fox Networks Group. There he oversaw relationships with station owners, general managers, programming departments, and sales organizations for all 207 company-affiliated stations, and drove extensive growth over a five-year period. Mr. Hookstratten served as an Executive Vice President of Network Distribution for Fox Broadcasting Company, EVP Administration and Operations for NBCUniversal, and Senior Vice President of Business Affairs at Eyemark Entertainment, a division of CBS Corporation. Earlier in his career, as a lawyer at Hookstratten and Hookstratten, Mr. Hookstratten represented and advised on-air talent and professional athletes, and oversaw business affairs for Johnny Carson's production company.