2008 Leadership Award: Ron Meyer

July 30, 2008 At 5:00 a.m. on the first Sunday in June, waves from the Pacific Ocean lapped against the beach outside the Malibu home of the longest-serving head of a Hollywood movie studio. Earlier that morning, a fire had broken out on the 415-acre studio backlot, right where the historic New York Street set was located. By the time Meyer reached the studio 45 minutes later, "the video vault and King Kong were also on fire," he recalls.

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