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Robert Bruce Simonds, Jr. (born 1964) is an American film producer and the Chairman and CEO of movie studio STX Entertainment.[2] His over thirty Hollywood studio movies have generated well in excess of $6 billion in worldwide revenue,[3] including Cheaper by the Dozen and The Pink Panther with Steve Martin, Big Daddy and The Waterboy with Adam Sandler, and This Means War with Academy Award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon and Tom Hardy.[4] Simonds has also produced a number of highly-profitable cult films, including The Wedding Singer, Joe Dirt, Half Baked, and Happy Gilmore.[3] To this extent, throughout his hands-on producing career Simonds had the single best studio track record for profitability on his films.[5]Simonds was born in Phoenix, Arizona, the son of Robert Bruce Simonds, Sr., a businessman. He and his wife Anne live in Los Angeles with their son and four daughters.In March 2014 Simonds announced the formation of STX Entertainment.[6] Investors in STX include TPG Growth, the growth equity arm of TPG Capital; Hony Capital, a leading Chinese private equity firm; and the business interests of Hollywood producer and entrepreneur Gigi Pritzker, Beau Wrigley and others. Debt is provided by a consortium of banks including JP Morgan, Bank of America and Seer Capital.[6]Company Management:The Board of Directors is composed of investors and industry veterans[13] including:STX's initial films include The Secret In Their Eyes, which stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts and will be directed by Billy Ray, [15] and Free State of Jones, which stars Matthew McConaughey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw and will be directed by Gary Ross.[16]The studio will also finance and distribute actor Joel Edgerton's directorial debut, a thriller from Jason Blum's Blumhouse. The film stars Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall and Edgerton, who also wrote the script. STX has also announced that it is in talks to produce Russ and Roger Go Beyond, starring Will Ferrell, a film based on the true story of the collaboration between two outsiders - controversial director Russ Meyer and the fledgling screenwriter Roger Ebert. [17]In January 2015, the studio announced a multi-year premium television output deal. The deal is said to have started in 2015 and "covers the studio's theatrical releases through 2019, which will be shown exclusively on Showtime Networks and its multiplex channels including SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNELTM and FLIX®."[18][19][19]