The HistoryMakers video oral history with Derek Ferguson.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 29 min., 1 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2014.139
Subjects

Other author/creatorFerguson, Derek Talmar, 1965- interviewee.
Other author/creatorRichardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Derek Ferguson
Portion of title Derek Ferguson
Abstract Entertainment executive Derek Talmar Ferguson was born on April 20, 1965, in the Bronx, New York. He received his B.S. degree in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1985, and his M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School in 1990. In 1988, Ferguson co-founded and served as chief operating officer of Urban Profile Communications Inc. and Urban Profile magazine. Ferguson then sold the magazine in 1991, and secured a position at Bain and Company in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1996, he was named vice president of worldwide finance at Sony BMG Entertainment, and was then appointed vice president of finance and operations for BMG Special Products. In 1998, Ferguson was hired as Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group's chief financial officer, and was then named chief growth officer. He has also served as leader of the Economic Justice ministry at New York Covenant Church in New Rochelle, New York.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded New York, New York 2014 July 15.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2014.139 HistoryMakers

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