(1879 – 1952)(born Vilmos Fried)

Producer and Hollywood mogul. Founder of Fox Studios.

He was the founder of Fox Studios based in LA, California. At the peak of his power, Fox owned over 500 movie houses in the US and the Gaumont theatre chain in Great Britain.

Invented: the global media newsgathering organization (emulated today by CNN, BBC, ITN, DW and others), commercialization of talking pictures.

Credited with: larger movie screen.