Mr. Perelman is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., a diversified holding company with interests in consumer products, defense, entertainment, financial services, education, biotechnology and gaming. Among the principal interests of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. are Revlon, Inc., Allied Security, Inc., AM General, TransTech Pharma, Inc., Scientific Games Corporation, Panavision, Deluxe Film and Harland Clarke.

An active philanthropist, Mr. Perelman is the founder of the Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program and has established the Department of Dermatology in his name at NYU Medical Center, The Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute at New York Presbyterian Hospital and The Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine at Weill Cornell. Committed to women's health, the arts and education, Mr. Perelman was President of the Guggenheim Museum and serves on the Boards of Carnegie Hall, The University of Pennsylvania, the New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and the NYU Medical Center, among others. Mr. Perelman holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Wharton School.