Richard Barner

Rich started his first company at the age of 23, after serving in the United States Navy, he then went on to build and personally run 18 more companies including the largest commercial paint and body/ refurbishment company in north central Florida that acquired contracts with Coke, Pepsi, Ryder, Penske, and Budget Rentals. He also founded the largest independently owned construction debris company, and became the 2nd largest homebuilder in Central Florida, building more than 2,500 homes in the Central Florida area. This was all anchored by a commercial property investment company with a 126-property portfolio. Since co-founding Global Pictures Media 7 years ago, Rich has Executive Produced many films, including: ARCTIC DOGS with Jeremy Renner, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA with Robert DeNiro, REPLICAS with Keanu Reeves, LBJ directed by Rob Reiner, starring Woody Harrelson, and THE BOOK OF LOVE with Jason Sudeikis and Jessica Biel, and three horror films; BAD SAMARITAN directed by Dean Devlin, FRIEND REQUEST, FOLLOWED which was #1 at the USBO for two weeks over the summer of 2020. Richard also co-founded Yoke, which is a simple, all in one platform where any artist, manager, or marketing executive can create, execute, and monitor marketing campaigns, remotely from anywhere in the world.