John Gore is a leading theatre producer and investor. He has been involved in both the West End and Broadway for almost twenty years. He became the largest shareholder in the original CATS and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, as well as investing in all the other shows of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

John's love of theatre started at school working on "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". He was the first ever pupil at Harrow School to produce and direct a play without teacher assistance Alan Ayckbourn's "Confusions". Having graduated in film and theatre from London University in 1987, his finals production of Joe Orton's "What the butler saw" transferred straight into London's Bloomsbury Theatre. He then created the only stage adaptation of BATMAN. This involved working with Adam West and all the original TV cast and creators. Its success led to him becoming a consultant on Warner Bros. first BATMAN movie starring Jack Nicholson. He worked on the licensing, publishing, merchandising and launch of the film.

In 1989, aged 26 he became the youngest ever successful West End producer with THUNDERBIRDS F.A.B. when it broke the box-office record at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. The show directly resulted in the re-launch of the original property by the BBC who turned over $250 million in Thunderbirds merchandise in 1992. The stage show returned to the West End for a year's run. It visited London five further times between four major U.K. tours and appearances in Australia, New Zealand, Holland and Japan, where it won Pia Magazine's Best Foreign Production 1991, beating Miss Saigon.

Having co-produced with Gerry Anderson the fastest ever made cinema advert in 48 hours, he directed and co-produced THE FASTEST FORWARD which entered the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest made feature film - 13 days from conception to projection at its premiere at the Dominion Theatre. It was also the first feature ever to be shot using time-coded film (now the industry standard).

In 1994 he produced and directed "Star Trek" The Lost Voyage of the Enterprise. The stage show's first week out-grossed the opening week's West End cinema run of the Star Trek movie "Generations". He produced the first national tour and West End stage production of WALLACE & GROMIT inspired by the triple Oscar-winning animations of Nick Park. It became the highest grossing non-musical production in 1997.

In 1995 John formed an entertainment investment company when he became the largest UK shareholder in all the shows of Andrew Lloyd Webber. The company now has a wide portfolio of theatre investments across the world including Sean Connery's production of ART and Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest hit revival of EVITA.

In 1997 he was approached by Polygram and short-listed to be CEO of Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group.

In 1998 he raised $150 million in a bid for Lew Grade's old company ITC Entertainment Group the owner of Thunderbirds. In 2005 he launched Key Brand Entertainment, a $50 million entity, which will specialize in presenting famous film and television properties on stage. He put together the leading bid in the proposed sale of the Really Useful Group (enterprise value of £500 million) and last year put together the finance for the UK part of the London production of WICKED - the most successful American musical in history (see press release).