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The tech and business leaders who attended the Oscars and its after party — from Bob Iger to Sergey Brin

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By: Eammon Jacobs
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Bob Iger and Kieran Culkin at Searchlight Pictures' Oscars party.

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  • The Oscars on Sunday drew big names from Hollywood — and business.
  • Disney CEO Bob Iger was at the Oscars, and Sergey Brin, the Google cofounder, was at the Vanity Fair after party.
  • Big names from companies including Netflix were also at the ceremony in Los Angeles.

Hollywood's biggest actors and directors aren't the only ones invited to the Oscars and Vanity Fair's after party.

Some of the most important people in tech and business were also on red carpets at Sunday's event where Sean Baker's "Anora" won five Oscars, including best film and best actress for Mikey Madison.

Here's who showed up.

Bob Iger, Walt Disney CEO

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Disney CEO Bob Iger and Willow Bay, his wife, at the Oscars.

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Bob Iger — who retired as Walt Disney CEO after 15 years in 2020 only to return in late November 2022 after his successor was dismissed — was on the Oscars red carpet with his wife, Willow Bay.

Pamela Abdy, Warner Bros. Motion Pictures Group CEO

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MacKensie Whittaker and Pamela Abdy pose on the Oscars red carpet.

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Pamela Abdy brought her family to the Oscars and, like she did last year, posed for photos with her daughter Mackensie Whittaker.

Abdy's leads the production companies under the Warner Bros. umbrella, including New Line Cinema, DC Studios, and Warner Animation. She works alongside her co-CEO, Michael De Luca.

Ted Sarandos, Netflix co-CEO

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Nicole Avant and Ted Sarandos on the red carpet.

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Ted Sarandos has worked at Netflix since 2000 and became its co-CEO in 2020, alongside the company's founder Reed Hastings. When Hastings stepped down in 2023, Sarandos was joined by Greg Peters.

On the Oscars red carpet, which he walked with his wife Nicole Avant, Sarandos addressed the controversy surrounding "Emilia Perez."

"Everything we've poured into this is about the film, always about the film, we just stuck to that," he told Deadline.

Christopher Cheng, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises co-CEO

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Tina Huang and Christopher Cheng at the Oscars.

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Christopher Cheng and his wife Tina were both at the Academy Awards. The co-CEO of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises was appointed its North Asia head last August. The conglomerate owns a diverse list of businesses, and works in jewelry, property development, hotels, and energy.

Last November, controversy surrounded the family when Henry Cheng, Christopher's father and the executive director of the company, suggested that he might look for an heir outside of the family.

Jim Gianopulos, former Paramount Pictures CEO

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Jim and Ann Gianopulos.

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Jim Gianopulos was the CEO of Paramount Pictures from 2017 to 2021, when he was replaced by Nickelodeon's Brian Robbins.

The New York Times reported this was because ViacomCBS, Paramount's parent company, wanted to focus on its streaming efforts, while Gianopulos wanted to maintain theatrical releases.

He was on the red carpet with his wife, Ann.

Sergey Brin, Google cofounder

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Sergey Brin and Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscars Party.

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Sergey Brin, the cofounder of Google who left the company in 2019 but continues to be heavily involved, attended the Vanity Fair Oscars after party, after sparking controversy by arguing the company's AI employees work 60-hour weeks.

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