Jesse Sisgold Leaves Skydance for Redbird Capital Role
WHO:
Deadline - Jesse Sisgold, Skydance Sports chief and a longtime Skydance executive, is leaving his post to take an advisory role at RedBird Capital.
The Hollywood Reporter - Sisgold, formerly Skydance Media’s president and COO, most recently ran Paramount’s Paramount Sports Entertainment division.
The Hollywood Reporter - Skydance CEO David Ellison told staff about Sisgold’s departure in a memo.
The Hollywood Reporter - Sisgold will become a senior C-suite advisor to RedBird Capital Partners across its sports and entertainment portfolio, advising Gerry Cardinale and the RedBird team.
WHAT:
Deadline - Sisgold is exiting Skydance and moving to an advisory position at RedBird Capital, a backer of Skydance.
The Hollywood Reporter - Ellison said Sisgold helped establish Skydance’s strategy, build its interactive business, raise growth capital, develop relationships with Tencent, RedBird, CJ ENM and KKR, establish Skydance Animation Madrid, and lead the Paramount merger.
The Hollywood Reporter - Ellison said Sisgold was instrumental in creating Skydance Sports with the NFL. After the Paramount merger, Sisgold expanded it into Paramount Sports Entertainment, a unified platform covering sports storytelling, gaming and fan engagement.
The Hollywood Reporter - Under Sisgold’s leadership, Skydance Sports renewed its NFL partnership, received ten Sports Emmy nominations and delivered #1 releases across four platforms.
The Hollywood Reporter - Ellison wrote, “I simply could not have built Skydance without him,” and said Sisgold would remain close to Skydance and continue working with the company on sports and entertainment opportunities.
WHERE:
The Hollywood Reporter - Sisgold’s RedBird advisory role will be based in Beverly Hills.
WHEN:
The Hollywood Reporter - Sisgold joined Skydance in 2014 to lead strategy and business affairs and was elevated to COO later that year.
The Hollywood Reporter - Ellison said that in 2019, he, Sisgold and Gerry Cardinale met; the meeting led to a partnership that helped transform Skydance.
Deadline - Sisgold previously served as Skydance’s president and COO while the company was a boutique production company being scaled up by David Ellison.
The Hollywood Reporter - Ellison’s memo described Sisgold as having helped build Skydance for more than a decade.
WHY:
The Hollywood Reporter - Ellison said Sisgold wanted the freedom to pursue opportunities across a broader landscape.
HOW:
The Hollywood Reporter - Sisgold will serve as a senior C-suite advisor to RedBird’s sports and entertainment portfolio while maintaining ties with Skydance and collaborating on opportunities.
(UPDATED October 28, 2026 22:05 UTC)
Jesse Sisgold is leaving his role leading Skydance Sports to become a senior adviser to RedBird Capital, working across its sports and entertainment businesses from Beverly Hills. A longtime Skydance executive and former president and COO, Sisgold helped build the company’s strategy, develop Skydance Sports with the NFL, and expand Paramount’s sports and entertainment operations after the merger. Skydance CEO David Ellison said Sisgold wanted the freedom to pursue opportunities across a broader landscape, and that he will remain close to Skydance and collaborate with the company on future opportunities.