In September,amid a restructuring of the TV team by content chief Ted Sarandos, who elevated Bela Bajaria to the role of VP of global TV.SEC filing Monday
. Prior to joining Netflix back in 2002 as VP of content acquisition, she served as VP of business development for ecommerce company Kozmo.com. She also oversaw development, production and related agreements for feature films at Mutual Film Co. and Baltimore/Spring Creek Productions. The other board members of Horizon Acquisition Corp. II, in addition to Boehly and Holland, are MRC co-CEOs Asif Satchu and Modi Wiczyk and DraftKings CEO Jason Robins.to fund potential M&A activity. A SPAC is a kind of holding company formed solely for the purpose of raising capital through an initial public offering.
“While the company may pursue an initial business combination target in any industry, it currently intends to concentrate its search for a target business operating in the media and entertainment industries, with a focus on businesses with differentiated product and service offerings,” HAC II said at the time.
Boehly also heads a separate SPAC, Horizon Acquisition Corp., that raised $544 million and is focused on the financial services industry. The former president of Guggenheim Partners had acquired THR, Billboard, Vibe and Dick Clark Productions in 2015 when he exited the investment firm. Boehly’s Valence Media merged with MRC in early 2018.