Asif Satchu

Asif Satchu is the co-Founder and co-CEO of Media Rights Capital (MRC). The Harvard Business School and McGill University graduate partnered with Mordecai Wiczyk to create the entertainment finance company in 2004. Asif Satchu founded Media Rights Capital to be a leading independent film, television, and digital studio. MRC is backed by Goldman Sachs, WPP, AT&T, and DE Shaw. Media Rights Capital specializes in the creation of premium content, custom builds distribution for each project, and partners directly with leading name creative talent.

Asif Satchu was previously the co-Founder and Chairman of SMKT. SMKT was a supply chain management company, which was backed by the investment firms KKR, Sequoia Capital, Madison Dearborn, Fenway Partners, Battery Ventures, Fleet Equity Partners, Hicks Muse and Onex Capital. Asif Satchu sold SMKT for $1.0 billion.

Asif Satchu began his career at Morgan Stanley & Co. He was an investment professional at hedge fund Tiger Management Company and private equity fun Westbrook Partners (a $700 million private equity fund.

Asif Satchu is a patron to the HBS Business Plan Competition and a member of the board for the Arthur Roc Center Entrepreneurship.

Famous quotes about Asif Satchu, Modi Wiczyk and Media Rights Capital (MRC):

"Modi, Asif and everyone at MRC have been a filmmaker’s dream; fun to work with, supportive, encouraging, and steadfast," said Robert Rodriguez. "For a long time I’ve wanted to work with the great team at Warner Brothers, as they have a phenomenal reputation for providing a terrific environment in which to make and release movies. I was thrilled when Jeff and Alan shared my enthusiasm and belief in what a special movie Shorts can be. I’m hoping this is the first of many films that Troublemaker Productions is able to bring to Warners and MRC."

Resources for Asif Satchu

Article in Variety about Media Rights Capital's agreement with Warner Brothers Pictures. According to the article, Asif Satchuand Modi Wiczyk of MRC said that while each film's deal structure was different, WB proved to be the best match.

Excerpt from the Daylife in which Asif Satchu and Modi Wiczyk spearhead MRC effort to establish itself as a content creator by expanding into distribution channels for film, TV and digital media.

Asif Satchu and Modi Wiczyk quoted in news archive for the WGA in reference to the agreement reached between Media Rights Capital and the Writer's Guild during the writer's strike of 2007. Asif Satchu and Modi Wiczyk discuss how MRC treats talent as they do their business partners and thank Seth McFarlane and.

Similar article published at multichannel referencing Asif Satchu and Modi Wiczyk's comments regarding the agreement reached between MRC and the WGA. Media Rights Capital and the WGA forge "a new alliance between writers, producers, and financiers in the production of feature films, television shows, and digital programs."

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