Michael Benaroya was prepared to follow in the footsteps of his formidable family members – among the most prominent real estate developers in the northwest.
“I was expected to take over the family business,” the financier told TheWrap. “I never thought that I would be a movie producer or in the movie business at all.”
But, he said, he’s “always been a cinephile.”
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So when some friends asked him to help budget a movie project, the 31-year-old who holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Pomona College agreed.
And he got stuck.