Founder Profile
Harry Warner
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Harry Warner?
Harry Warner is a founder of Warner Bros. Discovery, which was founded in 2022 with John Hendricks.
- Company founded
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Founded
- 2022
- Co-founders
- John Hendricks
Background
Before Hollywood, the Warner brothers ran nickelodeon theaters and a film distribution business in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Founding Story
Harry Warner was the eldest of the four Warner brothers who incorporated Warner Bros. Pictures in 1923 and served as its president. The studio released The Jazz Singer in 1927, one of the first feature films with synchronized dialogue. Warner Bros. is the oldest part of what is now Warner Bros. Discovery; he did not found WBD itself.