Dany Garcia

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Garcia majored in international marketing and finance at the University of Miami and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the university's School of Business in 1992. Past Presidents. University of Miami Alumni Association. University of Miami. 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2021 She became an associate vice president at Merrill Lynch and started her own wealth management firm, JDM Partners LLC in 2002. In 2008, Garcia transitioned from her career in finance to manage Dwayne Johnson's career, and is now his global strategic advisor.

In 2012, Garcia and Johnson co-founded their production company, Seven Bucks Productions. Garcia then produced the action film Snitch (2013), directed by Ric Roman Waugh and starring Johnson, followed by the reality television series The Hero. She later founded her multi-platform enterprise, The Garcia Companies and TGC Management, a global brand development and management company, representing actors Henry Cavill and Dwayne Johnson. That same year, TNT ordered eight hour-long episodes for the reality television series Wake Up Call, which premiered in 2014 and into 2015. Garcia was executive producer for all eight episodes, which was described as The Hero's "natural successor." Another reality TV series, Clash of the Corps, premiered in 2016 with Fuse TV. Garcia and Johnson later launched a digital channel for the short-TV series Millennials the Musical (2016).

In 2017, Garcia executive produced several projects for TV and the web, all starring Johnson . The first one was Rock and a Hard Place for HBO, which focuses on the lives of incarcerated young people. This was followed by the web series Logan Paul Summer Saga with American internet personality Logan Paul, Bro/Science/Life: The Series, and Lifeline.

Garcia later executive produced her first large budget film, Baywatch (2017), an action comedy film directed by Seth Gordon and based on the Baywatch. The film was panned critically, but a box office success, grossing $177.8 million worldwide, against a production budget of $69 million. Garcia followed this up with (2017), a Fantasy film Adventure film comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan. It the third installment of the Jumanji franchise, after (2005) and a direct sequel to Jumanji (1995), which was based on the 1981 children's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle received positive reviews and grossed $962.1 million worldwide, becoming one of Sony's highest-grossing films of all time.

Rampage (2018), a science fiction Monster movie film directed by Brad Peyton, and based on the video game series of the same name by Midway Games, was released the following year. It grossed over $428 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics. Garcia's next film, Skyscraper (2018), an action film written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, received similar critical responses. Garcia then executive produced the documentary Stuntman (2018). She returned to television as executive producer on HBO's most-watched half-hour comedy-drama series Ballers for HBO.

In 2019, Garcia executive produced The Titan Games, a sports competition series which premiered on NBC and has been renewed for a second season. The same year, Seven Bucks’ made its Sundance Film Festival debut with the biographical Sports film comedy-drama film, Fighting with My Family, written and directed by Stephen Merchant and produced by Garcia, followed the same year. Garcia later produced a six-episode docu-series Finding Justice for BET, focusing on the stories of heroes, leaders, advocates and change agents in the African American community across America as they uncover injustices and fight to bring healing and change.

Returning to the large screen, Garcia was executive producer for the superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, Shazam! (2019), The Fast and the Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw (2019), and produced (2019) which set the record Seven Bucks Productions’ biggest global Box office.

In August 2020, Garcia and Johnson led the consortium that purchased the XFL out of bankruptcy from its founder, Vince McMahon, the first woman to own an equal or majority ownership stake in a major professional sports league in the United States. Garcia has followed the iterations of the XFL as both a fan and businesswoman since its original 2001 incarnation. As Chairwoman, Garcia led the XFL’s ownership group alongside Dwayne Johnson and Gerry Cardinale's RedBird Capital Partners, which launched on February 18, 2023. At the end of 2023, the XFL was merged with the Fox Corporation owned USFL to form the United Football League with Garcia retaining partial ownership.

After not releasing any new projects in 2020, Garcia partnered up with Disney for the Disney+ docuseries Behind the Attraction (2021), Disney+ documentary Stuntman (2021), and the blockbuster film Jungle Cruise (2021), based on the classic 1955 Disneyland ride. She also produced Young Rock, an American television sitcom based upon long-time collaborator Johnson's life.

That same year, Garcia announced the launch of her latest venture, GSTQ. A lifestyle and fashion brand, GSTQ includes a curated, ready-to-wear fashion collection.

• In 2016 and 2018, Garcia was named to Variety magazine's "Power of Women Report".
• In 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, she was named to Variety magazine's 500 list.
• In 2020, Garcia was awarded the Outstanding Film Producer Impact Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition and named to The Hollywood Reporter s 2021 Women in Entertainment Power 100 list.
• In 2021, she was named to Create & Cultivates 100.
• In 2021, she was named to Adweeks Most Powerful Women in Sports 2020 list.
• In 2022, she was named to Entrepreneur magazine's Women of Influence list, Inc. magazine's "Female Founders 100" lis, and Success magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Leaders of 2022.