Wow! I didn't know Kevin Allyn bought the Jack La
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"At age 23, Kevin bought the company of 'the godfather of fitness,' Jack LaLanne."
"Kevin also became Jack's personal manager and began executive producing the historic Jack LaLanne show. He strategically decided to fill the commercial slots with fitness and nutritional products that he created. Kevin also spotted Denise Austin and gave Denise her first television appearance.
Since the fitness products industry was minimal back then, Kevin had to create the Jack Lalanne fitness product line himself. When it became wildly successful, it spurred a host of copycats and gave birth to the multi-billion dollar fitness products industry. Still in his early 20's, Kevin went on to nationally syndicate the Jack LaLanne show, thereby making Jack a household name - around the globe."
Kevin Allyn served as President of Licensing for King World, the leading worldwide distributor of first-run television programming including: Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Inside Edition, Dr. Phil, Everybody Loves Raymond, Hollywood Squares, and The Little Rascals.
Kevin bought the Jack La Lanne company and then executive produced and syndicated the television series Jack La Lanne and You.
Kevin also directed the careers of numerous entertainers, such as Brooke Burke, Victoria Silvstedt, Cheryl Ladd, and Bo Derek; promoted, produced, managed, and staged concert shows, including Van Halen, The Beach Boys, and The Monkees; and worked on major motion pictures with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.
Kevin works with Back Lot Tour Productions, which recently recorded the pilot episode of "Generation Gap," a TV game show hosted by Arsenio Hall.
With numerous other credits and accomplishments, Kevin is an expert in media production, product licensing, live production, program syndication, PPV, and complex negotiations.
Kevin Allyn Business Development
Kevin Allyn
www.thefirmincorp.com, 3 April 2012
In less than two years, Kevin Allyn facilitated the growth of King World's licensing division to make it one of the world leaders in the licensing industry. His connections run deep, from the CEO's of television networks to legendary film and television directors to A-list celebrities. That's just in LA. In San Francisco he's close friends with Mayor Gavin Newsome and considers the founders of facebook among his friends. In Las Vegas, he can call his long-time friend, billionaire hotel mogul Steve Wynn on his cell phone, and get invited over to catch up. In 2009, Kevin founded a game show company called Back Lot Productions with legendary game creator and inventor Joe Kaminkow.
At age 23, Kevin bought the company of "the godfather of fitness," Jack LaLanne.
Kevin also became Jack's personal manager and began executive producing the historic Jack LaLanne show. He strategically decided to fill the commercial slots with fitness and nutritional products that he created. Kevin also spotted Denise Austin and gave Denise her first television appearance.
Since the fitness products industry was minimal back then, Kevin had to create the Jack Lalanne fitness product line himself. When it became wildly successful, it spurred a host of copycats and gave birth to the multi-billion dollar fitness products industry. Still in his early 20's, Kevin went on to nationally syndicate the Jack LaLanne show, thereby making Jack a household name - around the globe."