Sam Slater (film producer)
Real estate developer
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Sam Slater is a Boston-based film producer, real estate developer, and minority owner of the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League and the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association.[1][2]
BA, George Washington University
film producer
entrepreneur
Sam Slater | |
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| Born | Samuel Slater West Palm Beach, FL |
| Education | MPA, Suffolk University BA, George Washington University |
| Occupations | Real estate developer film producer entrepreneur |
Education and career
Slater earned his Bachelor of Arts in History at George Washington University in Washington, DC and received his Master's degree in Public Administration from Suffolk University.[3]
Slater is the managing partner of Tremont Asset Management, the real estate subsidiary of his family's firm Slater Family Holdings.[4][5] He is a minority owner of the Seattle Kraken and the Memphis Grizzlies[3] also co-founded a Hollywood production company Burn Later Productions with Paul Bernon and produced over 40 films[6] including Drinking Buddies, Adult Beginners.[7][8][5] and Results, a feature-length romantic comedy.[9]
Slater was nominated by President Biden in 2021 to serve on the board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.[6] Slater did work for Biden's 2020 presidential campaign and according to Federal Elections Commission data contributed nearly $140,000 to Biden's campaign individually.[10]
Slater bought Playboy’s “Big Bunny” private plane in 2022.[11][12] He is developing an apartment tower in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston and other apartment buildings in Quincy MA.[13][14]