Keith Barish

Mr. Barish began his diverse career while he was still in college.
In 1965, at the age of 20, he founded Manufacturer's National Bank of Hialeah.
In 1966, he founded an international real estate fund that became one of the largest purchasers of income properties in the United States.
Throughout the 1970's, Mr. Barish was involved in finance and venture capital.
In 1979, he decided to enter the entertainment industry.
During his career in the entertainment industry, Mr. Barish was consistently a self-financing producer of major feature films.
In 1979, He set a new industry record when he paid $750,000 for the movie rights to Sophie's Choice.
In 1986, Mr. Barish struck a $200,000,000 a year deal with Taft Broadcasting and Tri-Star Pictures which allowed him total creative authority over all of his productions.
He produced 18 major feature films.
Two of these ("Nine and a Half Weeks" and "The Fugitive") are among the 100 top box office films of all time.
The Fugitive alone grossed over $1 billion.
He was the industry leader in the development of marketing campaigns for his films.
His films won or were nominated for 24 Academy Awards, and other industry recognition.
Through Barish Productions, a variety of actors attained superstar status, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Meryl Streep, and Kim Bassinger.
Mr. Barish founded, branded and served as the Chairman of Planet Hollywood.
Mr. Barish created an innovative brand launch strategy for the company and was credited for making Planet Hollywood, over a short period of time, one of the most highly recognized brands in the world.
After completing the marketing and branding campaign, and having no involvement in the operations, he left Planet Hollywood in 1998.
After leaving Planet Hollywood, Mr. Barish founded KB Technology, which invested in and launched marketing campaigns for several technology companies.
Mr. Barish now focuses his fulltime efforts to the Barish Fund.