Los Angeles
$500.0/min
5.0
10
$8.33/min
Gary W. Goldstein is an acclaimed film producer, attorney, and strategic advisor whose career bridges entertainment, technology, and transformative storytelling. His films have grossed over $1 billion worldwide, including Pretty Woman, which became Disney’s highest-grossing live-action film of all time.
Gary partners with visionary leaders, companies, and organizations to craft narratives that spark movements, forge strategic alliances, and solve complex global challenges. He leverages his diverse, global network spanning industries and sectors to accelerate growth, open markets, and inspire collaboration.
His current focus is advising and investing in leaders and companies pioneering big missions and frontier technologies, always with an eye toward evolutionary impact and elevating the human experience.
Gary is also a partner in establishing the Nexplore 2040 Summit, the brainchild of Dr. Christyl Johnson, Deputy Administrator of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate - conveningindustry leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, policymakers, investors, and pioneering students to design solutions to humanity’s greatest challenges and to inspire the next generation of visionaries in deep space exploration.
Known for connecting people, ideas, and opportunities in unexpected ways, Gary shapes stories that inspire bold action, create enduring value, and define legacies.
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Gary is the kind of advisor every CEO needs—deeply strategic, endlessly creative, and unafraid to challenge assumptions. His ability to connect the dots across sectors and distill complexity into clear, actionable insight has been invaluable to our growth and positioning at Leaders on Purpose.
~ Christa Gyori
Co-Founder & CEO, Leaders on Purpose
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Gary Goldstein is one of the rarest types of people you ever meet, someone who has mastered some of the hardest professions on Earth (law, music, Hollywood) and then goes on to master something even harder: people.
His films have brought in over a billion dollars worldwide and shaped the culture of a generation; yet his greatest superpower isn’t on a screen, it is his ability to recognize potential, champion it, and connect it to the right minds at the right moment.
I can say this personally. Serva’s trajectory, including our entrée into NASA, our early access to high-profile investors and influential thinkers, exists because Gary opened those doors. He saw value before anyone else did and chose to put his reputation on the line to make sure the right people saw it too. In a world full of gatekeepers, he is a gate-opener.
Gary combines the storytelling instincts of a Hollywood producer with the strategic acuity of a seasoned advisor and the generosity of someone who simply enjoys seeing others succeed. He laughs easily, thinks sharply, and navigates chaos with the grace of someone who has survived both law school and Hollywood; feats that make him something of a stuntman in my book.
There are plenty of talented people in the world. There are very few who are talented, principled, generous, and brave enough to bet on others.
Gary is one of them.
I am grateful to know him, and luckier still to have him as an advisor. Accept no substitutes.
~ Ian Horvath
CEO, Serva Energy
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Gary Goldstein is a rare blend of pattern recognition, story craft, and operator’s follow-through. He sees around corners, names the possibility, and reframes the narrative so it attracts the right partners. Then he does the unglamorous work—turning strategy into specific owners, intros, and next actions. I’ve seen him connect people and projects in ways others wouldn’t imagine, and the result is momentum you can measure. He’s sector-agnostic but mission-driven; whether advising, investing, or simply making catalytic introductions, he adds real value without needing a box to fit in. If you’re a sophisticated builder aiming at something that matters, you’ll want Gary in the room.
~ Justin Wolff
Philanthropic Giving Officer, The Weizmann Institute
Founder, Junk Theory
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