PRESS RELEASE

The South Florida Business Journal has named Greg Hauptner, Founder/CEO of the charter high school G-Star School of the Arts for Motion Pictures and Broadcasting and the G-Star Motion Picture Studios, a 2010 Palm Beach Ultimate CEO.  The Palm Beach Ultimate CEO Awards honors ten Palm Beach CEO’s recognizing exceptional leaders who have set the standard in the corporate community, including civic leadership and charitable contributions; and for their vision, innovation and achievements.

Past recipients have included such notable CEO’s as Frank Brogan, President of Florida Atlantic University; Lewis Hay III, Chairman of the FPL Group; William Koch, CEO of Oxbow Corp.; and Paul Leone, President of The Breakers.
 
“I am truly honored to be included in this select group of such accomplished individuals,” says Hauptner.  “We are bringing the film industry to Palm Beach County with our new  sound stage and movie studios,” he continues.  “We are the only educational facility anywhere that is creating an entire industry to employ our students when they graduate from college.”  G-Star is the largest Film, TV Production and Acting high school in the nation; and the only high school in the world with a commercial motion picture studio on campus.  G-Star is constructing the largest motion picture sound stage in south Florida, and one of the largest in the State which will join the already existing 93,000 sq. ft. movie production complex.

The CEO’s will be honored at a special reception at The Breakers in Palm Beach on Thursday, March 18.  If you wish to attend please contact Brenna Mello at (954-949-7576).  In addition, the Honorees will be profiled in the Business Journal’s March 19 edition.
 

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