Eric Kuhn

Eric Kuhn is an American entrepreneur and theatrical producer. He is a three-time Tony Award winner.

One of the first social media strategists, Kuhn launched the Twitter accounts for CBS News, CNN, and the NBA, and became the first social media agent in the entertainment industry. the senior social media advisor for the Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign

He attended Hamilton College and graduated with a BA in government in 2009. While at Hamilton, Kuhn hosted a radio show focused using on media and politics on WHCL. to launch the Twitter account, @CBSNews, and oversee the viral marketing for CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. He also created the social media strategy for the NBA and launched the NBA's Twitter account while in college. Following his graduation, he worked at CNN, where he managed CNN's Twitter accounts and reported on technology and politics for CNN.com. In 2010, he was hired by United Talent Agency as Hollywood's first social media agent.

In 2014, he co-founded Layer3 TV, a new cable company, and served as its chief marketing officer. The company was sold to T-Mobile in January 2018.

In 2020, he was the Bloomberg campaign's senior adviser on social media. The same year he was named senior vice president of social media marketing at CBS.

Film and theater In 2018 Kuhn earned his first theater credit as a producer of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song on Broadway. His first film credit as an executive producer was for the 2024 documentary Grand Theft Hamlet.

Recognition British Film Institute Raindance Maverick Award, as executive producer, Grand Theft Hamlet, 2024 Tony Award for Best Musical, A Strange Loop, as producer, 2022 Tony Award for Best Play, The Inheritance, as producer, 2021 Shorty Awards, Data Visualization, 2021 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Oklahoma!, as producer, 2019 Vanity Fair “Next Establishment” (2011) Forbes “30 under 30” in Entertainment (2012)

Stage credits, as producer

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