Executive LinkedIN Summary

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Bob Blake
Founder, Managing Partner, CEO, Blake Broadcasting, CBNN, Esports Investor, Blockchain Patent Holder

Summary

Began Real Estate, Investment and Business career at 15

Land Acquisitions for KB Homes (founded by family) Became President of Holly Development

General Partner of Blake Properties and developed home subdivisions

A developer in Michigan and California. Over 2 million square feet owned or sold under contract

A 13D holder in Lion Country Safari and sold it for a substantial profit Was a major shareholder of Savings and Loan in San Diego

Involved in development of Ampitheatres and owned a concert promotion firm

Reviewed purchase of General Growth Properties for shareholders and managed a stake in Fairfield properties

Reviewed the assets for major shareholders in the Walt Disney Company

Managed major stake in the Newhall Land and Farming. Raised a billion dollars for a possible acquisition.

General Partner of ESA Associates, an investor and 13D holder of Del
Webb. Offered buyout with Commercial Bank of Kuwait and the Kuwait Royal Family

A partner with William Simon (former Treasury Secretary) in U.S. Petroleum.

Managing Partner of Ventura County Land Company, which is 4,000 plus acres of Moorpark, California

Founder of American Home Services and American Home Data

Inventor/Program Designer/Founder of the modern Real Estate (MLS) Multiple Listing System.

Became a photographer/filmmaker. Built a million image stock photo library and thousands of hours of video programming. Was the most downloaded photographer on the Internet and mentioned as one of the top 25 in the world.

Handled takeovers/offers for major film properties, including Cannon Pictures and the Dino De Laurentis Film Library.

Founded Celebrity Wire, Extreme Sports Channel, Music Video One, All Media Content and others.

Managed over 80 web properties, a cable channel/news feed which reaches millions daily.

Founded 18 different daily news feeds in numerous languages (with over 1500 breaking video news stories a month) that are delivered by hundreds of news organizations around the world.
A Blockchain Patent holder for a Social Finance Network Platform and Investment Network

Founded Oak Park Capital, A Family Office Private Equity.

Founder and CEO of Blake Broadcasting, a significant television network with news, lifestyle, sports programming, licensing assets and channels in Europe, Asia and North America.

Experience

Oak Park Capital
Founder And Managing Partner March 2017 – Present (4 years)
Oak Park Capital is a Family Office Private Equity and Hedge Fund investor that is very involved in News, Media, Esports and has recently successfully invested in the first Social Finance Network as well as major Cryptocurrency platforms and we are involved in the creation of a significant new Blockchain that has global implications. In addition Oak Park Capital has recently invested in substantial Esports projects.

Blake Broadcasting
CEO/Founder
February 2015 – Present (2 years 1 month) Miami, Florida
Blake Broadcasting combines traditional television coverage and OTT with entertainment and news programming that includes content partnerships with many major partners. Blake Broadcasting manages the CBNN channels in Europe, Asia and North America. In addition, Blake Broadcasting is developing new programming concepts that are exclusive in the area of broadcast and Internet news. The company produces and licenses video feature stories
in Entertainment, Fashion, Sports, Esports, Music, Politics, National and International News. As well Blake Broadcasting is developing exclusive programming and film for cable, TV and OTT broadcast. Blake Broadcasting maintains a substantial content library.
http://BlakeBroadcasting.com

Celebrity Wire Entertainment News CEO and Founder
2008 – Present (13 years)
Celebrity Wire is a unique provider of entertainment news, celebrity stories, fashion and movie reviews. Founded by executives with a history in the
film business and agency photography, Celebrity Wire brings an insider perspective to celebrity news. Celebrity Wire provides continuous news and
red carpet feeds to viewers around the world and attends a number of major international film festival events. In addition Celebrity Wire creates original programming concepts for the Internet, wireless industry, newspapers and broadcast customers. Celebrity Wire prides itself on direct relationships it has in the entertainment business and with celebrities. The company only attends events as an invited guest and believes in presenting positive and interesting artist stories and interviews.

Education

University of Michigan
Stanford University
University of California, Los Angeles
Northwestern University – Medill School Of Journalism
 

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