Charles Koppelman
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Charles Koppelman is the chairman of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
, and was Martha Stewart
's right-hand man on NBC
's The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
in 2005.
Music. Earlier, he headed a music publishing and production company known as The Entertainment Company.
On The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, he held an unlit cigar
, because a few years prior to the show he had given up smoking cigars but still enjoyed chewing them (he liked the tobacco
taste).
He was a member of the musical group The Ivy Three
which had a novelty hit in 1960 titled "Yogi."
show called Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer
alongside Alexis Stewart
(Martha's daughter).
His son is screenwriter Brian Koppelman
, whose credits include Rounders, Knockaround Guys
, Runaway Jury
, Ocean's Thirteen
, and the television series Tilt
.
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. is a diversified media and merchandising company founded by Martha Stewart. It is organized into four business segments: Publishing, Internet, Broadcasting media platforms and Merchandising product lines....
, and was Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart is an American business magnate, author, magazine publisher, and television personality. As founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she has gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, and merchandising...
's right-hand man on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart is a spin-off from the American reality television series The Apprentice that ran in the fall of 2005. Broadcast on NBC, the show featured business tycoon Martha Stewart. Tasks were centered around Stewart's areas of expertise: media, culinary arts, entertaining,...
in 2005.
Career
Koppelman had previously been CEO of EMIEMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
Music. Earlier, he headed a music publishing and production company known as The Entertainment Company.
On The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, he held an unlit cigar
Cigar
A cigar is a tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Philippines, and the Eastern...
, because a few years prior to the show he had given up smoking cigars but still enjoyed chewing them (he liked the tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
taste).
He was a member of the musical group The Ivy Three
The Ivy Three
The Ivy Three were an American pop group from Garden City, Long Island, New York.The group was formed by three undergraduates at Adelphi University in 1959. They signed to Shell Records; their first single, "Yogi", was written by Shell founders Lou Stallman and Sid Jacobson along with member...
which had a novelty hit in 1960 titled "Yogi."
Personal life
His daughter, Jennifer Koppelman Hutt, hosts a Sirius Satellite RadioSirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
show called Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer
Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer
Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer is a two-hour daily radio talk show currently airing on SiriusXM's Martha Stewart Living Radio channel. The show's lifestyle talk format is marked by the different personalities of the two hosts, Alexis Stewart and Jennifer Hutt...
alongside Alexis Stewart
Alexis Stewart
Alexis Gilbert "Lexie" Stewart is the only child of Martha Stewart and her husband Andrew. She was the co-host of Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer on Sirius Satellite Radio, and Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer on the Hallmark Channel, with co-host Jennifer Hutt.-Career:Stewart previously...
(Martha's daughter).
His son is screenwriter Brian Koppelman
Brian Koppelman
Brian Koppelman is an American screenwriter, novelist, director, and producer. Best known as the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen, and Rounders, Koppelman has also produced films such as The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones as well as directed films such as Solitary Man.His writing partner is David Levien...
, whose credits include Rounders, Knockaround Guys
Knockaround Guys
Knockaround Guys is a 2002 gangster film starring Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, John Malkovich and Dennis Hopper.- Plot :Matty Demaret is the son of a mob boss, but he is used as little more than an errand boy...
, Runaway Jury
Runaway Jury
Runaway Jury is a 2003 American drama/thriller film directed by Gary Fleder and starring John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Rachel Weisz...
, Ocean's Thirteen
Ocean's Thirteen
Ocean's Thirteen is a 2007 crime comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring an ensemble cast. It is the third and final film in the Soderbergh series following the 2004 sequel Ocean's Twelve and the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven, which itself was a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack film Ocean's 11...
, and the television series Tilt
Tilt (TV series)
Tilt is a U.S. TV series set against the backdrop of the World Championship of Poker tournament in Las Vegas, and with the tagline "You're playing poker. They're playing you." The series first aired on January 13, 2005, and is the second original drama series from ESPN, following Playmakers...
.