Jack Crosby

Mr. Crosby is the Founder and Chairman of The Rust Group, a private investment partnership involved in real estate, cable television, satellite communications, media, entertainment, banking and oil field services. He serves on the board of multiple companies, and he is also a Managing Partner of Terra Firma Capital Group, LLC, a private Austin, TX based investment firm focused on investing in media, energy and real estate related assets. Mr. Crosby is also the Chairman of Magic Lantern Entertainment, LLC, a California based entertainment firm focused on the production and distribution of animation and other types of film content. ​Mr. Crosby began his career in the cable industry at its infancy by organizing one of the first private entities to receive a license from the FCC to transmit television signals via microwave. He has constructed, owned and operated cable television systems in the United States, Latin America and Europe. Mr. Crosby founded Tescorp, Inc., a publicly traded company as well as GenCo, Inc. / United Cable TV, Telesystems International, Inc., Communications Properties, Inc. / Times Mirror, Inc. and Prime Cable, Inc. Mr. Crosby is a former Director and Chairman of the National Cable Television Association and was inducted into the National Cable Television Hall of Fame. He also founded two venture capital partnerships that hold investments in communications, media, entertainment, manufacturing and technology, co-founded Galveston-Houston, Inc. and partnered with Warburg Pincus and HBO in funding the Orion Pictures purchase of Filmways. ​​​Mr. Crosby also served as a Director of Orion Pictures from 1982 to 1985. ​Additionally, he has been a long time owner and operator of radio stations across the U.S. and was previously Chairman of Theater Acquisitions, L.P., a limited partnership that owned 135 theater screens located in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands. ​Mr. Crosby was also the Chairman of The Sundance Institute, founded by Robert Redford and a Director and Interim Acting CEO of Imagine Films Entertainment, Inc. ​Mr. Crosby received his BBA from the University of Texas at Austin.