Founder’s Story

Zach Bidner is a lifelong entrepreneur seeking his next adventure. He founded Sunset Legacy Partners to acquire and lead an exceptional business and foster growth for many years.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Zach grew up working in his family’s fiber manufacturing business that was founded by his grandfather in 1977. At a very young Zach saw the excitement and challenges of growing a small business firsthand and fell in love with entrepreneurship.

Zach went on to start his first business at the age of 24. He founded and operated an award-winning media production business that specialized in producing documentary films and commercials for many high-profile clients and partners such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Lincoln, Lululemon, The Chainsmokers, JAJA Tequila, Steve Aoki, and Therabody. In addition, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zach also co-founded and ran a leading COVID testing provider for media productions across the greater Los Angeles Area.

He started his career in the entertainment business, working in operations at Relativity Media where he helped build and lead the company’s digital division. During that time, he worked on major film, tv and digital releases which collectively generated more than $650 million in worldwide box office revenue.

Zach earned an MBA with Honors from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business with concentrations in Entrepreneurship, Finance, Accounting, and Economics. While getting his MBA he worked in various M&A and growth roles for leading investment firms and small businesses. He also holds a B.A. from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.

Outside of work, Zach enjoys playing golf, snowboarding, spending time with his three nephews, and passionately cheering for the Lakers, Dodgers and Trojans. He lives in Los Angeles, CA with his partner, Ellie.

Sunset Legacy Partners is supported by an incredible investor team of top-performing CEOs, entrepreneurs, and board members with decades of experience successfully building, buying, and scaling companies.
They are close mentors to Zach and will take active advisory and governance roles in the business Sunset Legacy Partners acquires.

Sunset Legacy Partners has the ability to support transaction sizes up to $50M.

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