Jim Kapenstein is the Chief Legal and Strategy Officer for STARZ.
As an accomplished media executive and business strategist with more than 35 years of legal and business experience, Kapenstein is responsible for developing and leading the strategic direction of business and legal affairs for STARZ, including distribution, content acquisition, production, litigation, employment matters and legal and regulatory compliance.
With extensive public company experience, Kapenstein also plays a central role in leading strategic corporate transactions, including M&A, while he oversees the company’s governance and broader public company responsibilities.
Kapenstein spent nearly three decades at The Walt Disney Company, most recently as Deputy General Counsel, managing and supervising Disney’s corporate team. His broad oversight included complex mergers, acquisitions and divestures, joint ventures, antitrust, corporate finance, social responsibility, strategic transactions and alliances, consumer payments, corporate structuring and governance and beyond. He led Disney’s highest profile business transactions including transformational acquisitions of 21st Century Fox, ESPN’s equity investment with the NFL, BAMTech, Hulu, Fubo, Lucas Films, Marvel and Pixar, among many others.
Prior to Disney, Kapenstein was a senior associate at Alston & Bird where he also worked on mergers, acquisitions and divestures, joint ventures, strategic licensing transactions, corporate governance and complex corporate transactions. Kapenstein began his career at Arent & Fox in Washington, D.C.
Kapenstein graduated from University of Michigan where he double majored in political science and economics. He received his JD from Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University.
What is James M. Kapenstein's net worth?
The estimated net worth of James M. Kapenstein is at least $338.06 thousand as of August 10th, 2026. Mr. Kapenstein owns 12,302 shares of Starz Entertainment stock worth more than $338,059 as of August 24th. This net worth estimate does not reflect any other investments that Mr. Kapenstein may own. Learn More about James M. Kapenstein's net worth.
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Has James M. Kapenstein been buying or selling shares of Starz Entertainment?
Over the course of the past ninety days, James M. Kapenstein has bought $25,730.00 in Starz Entertainment stock. Most recently, on Monday, August 10th, James M. Kapenstein bought 1,000 shares of Starz Entertainment stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $25.73 per share, with a total value of $25,730.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 12,302 shares of the company's stock, valued at $316,530.46. Learn More on James M. Kapenstein's trading history.
Who are Starz Entertainment's active insiders?
Are insiders buying or selling shares of Starz Entertainment?
In the last year, Starz Entertainment insiders bought shares 5 times. They purchased a total of 56,000 shares worth more than $920,180.00. In the last year, insiders at the sold shares 3 times. They sold a total of 1,820,250 shares worth more than $25,364,484.99. The most recent insider tranaction occured on August, 10th when CEO Jeffrey Hirsch bought 10,000 shares worth more than $248,000.00. Insiders at Starz Entertainment own 22.6% of the company.
Learn More about insider trades at Starz Entertainment. Information on this page was last updated on 8/10/2026.
