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STX Financing, LLC, doing business as STX Entertainment, was a mini-major American entertainment and media company that created, produced, distributed, financed and marketed film, television and digital media, including live events and virtual reality.

The company was founded on March 10, 2014 by film producer Robert Simonds and Bill McGlashan. Investors in the company include Hony Capital, Tencent, PCCW, TPG Growth, Liberty Global and individual investors including Gigi Pritzker, Beau Wrigley, and Dominic Ng.

In April 2020, STX announced that it would merge with the Indian studio Eros International plc. The merger was completed in July 2020, with the merged company now known as ErosSTX, publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as ESGC.

William E. McGlashan Jr. (born November 20, 1963) is an American businessman and former international private equity investor. McGlashan founded TPG Growth,[1] the growth equity and smaller buyout investment arm of TPG Capital, a global private equity investment firm.[2] He is also a founder and was the initial-CEO of The Rise Fund, a social impact fund he co-founded with Bono and Jeffrey Skoll...

McGlashan was arrested March 12, 2019, after being caught on FBI audio recordings, for participating in a college admissions bribery scandal. He was then fired for cause by TPG. He pled guilty in February 2021 to paying William "Rick" Singer to fix his son's test score.[6] In May 2021, McGlashan was ordered to undergo a sentence which includes three months in prison and a $250,000 fine..

Earlier in his career, McGlashan was a senior associate with Bain Capital and Information Partners...Previously, McGlashan co-founded and was CEO of Vectis Group, a venture capital firm that invested in emerging markets.[8] Prior to Vectis Group, McGlashan co-founded and served as CEO of Generation Ventures, which focused on developing new healthcare and technology companies in China.[10][11] In 1994, he co-founded and served as President of Pharmanex, Inc. In 1998, Pharmanex was sold to Nu Skin, an herbal supplement company..

McGlashan was active on a number of boards, including Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. (as chairman), XOJET (as chairman), Creative Artists Agency, HotSchedules, Elevance Renewable Sciences, Ride, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Brava, Seasoned, and Common Sense Media.[8][10][14] He has also been a board member at Survey Monkey, SuccessFactors, Schiff Nutrition International, AgraQuest, and WIL Research Laboratories... Among non-profits, McGlashan has had board of director roles at Common Sense Media and is active with the Young Presidents’ Organization and the World Economic Forum, and had served on the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council.[8][16][17] He is also the founder of The Rise Fund, a social impact fund started by TPG Growth in partnership with Elevar Equity.[18] McGlashan was recognized for The Rise Fund, a $2 billion impact-investing initiative, in the 2017 Vanity Fair New Establishment list.[19] Shortly before it launched, The Rise Fund scored a major investment from U2 lead singer Bono, who would also become McGlashan's Rise Fund business partner