Rob makes the Variety500 for the first time in its 6 year history. It’s an index put together by Variety’s editorial board of the “500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry”. How do Variety’s editorial board choose who makes the list each year? The principles involved are:

“to honor excellence among executives and creatives across the world who have distinguished themselves most. Defining “excellence” and “distinguished” isn’t always an easy matter, but here at Variety, we’ve got it down as close to a science as you can get.  

But Variety500 is not a science. Judgments are rendered according to subjective assessments that balance what someone has accomplished over the past 12 months with the achievements made prior to that period. Because Variety500 is an annual list, recent career performance is more heavily weighted than previous work.”

You can read more about the selection process HERE