Peter Cuneo

Peter Cuneo is an American businessperson known for serving as CEO and Vice Chairman of Marvel Entertainment, President and CEO of Remington Products, Managing Principal of Cuneo & Company, a private investment and management company and President of Black & Decker security hardware group. Business Insider named Cuneo as one of the "Ten Greatest Turnaround CEOs". Cuneo is currently Chairman of Arrival (company), having served as CEO and Chairman of the SPAC, CIIG Merger Corp.
Early life.
Born at Naval Air Station Alameda, in Alameda, California where his father was a Navy officer. Cuneo spent most of his childhood in Queens, New York City. He attended Flushing High School. Cuneo received his Bachelor of Science degree in Ceramic Engineering from Alfred University and earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School. 
Career.
After a year working as a quality control engineer for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Cuneo entered the United States Navy – graduating with honors from Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. He served on the USS Joseph Strauss, a guided missile destroyer, as Damage Control Officer and as Communications Officer. The Strauss participated in several war cruises during the Vietnam War and Cuneo was decorated for service in that conflict.
Early in his career, Cuneo spent over a decade in various roles with Bristol Myers Squibb, including as President of Bristol Myers in Canada. His tenure as President of Clairol's personal care group marked his first successful turnaround. Cuneo later spent several years as President of Black and Decker security hardware group. 
In the mid 1990s, Cuneo was Chief Executive Officer of Remington Products. Cuneo joined the company as it was near bankruptcy and, in less than four years, executed a successful turnaround of the business and facilitated its sale to private equity investors.
In 1999, Cuneo was recruited to turnaround Marvel Entertainment as Chief Executive Officer. Having recently emerged from bankruptcy, Marvel was burdened by high yield debt and had only $3 million in the bank, barely enough to cover its cash needs. The company’s stock fell as low as 96 cents per share. Within a few years, Marvel had become a household name launching film franchises based on Spider-Man, X-Men, Hulk, Fantastic Four and others. Record-breaking profits at the box office led to significant growth in toys, video games, merchandise and other consumer products as well as market share leadership in comics. Cuneo later became Vice Chairman of Marvel. The company made the transformative move of raising $525 million in funding to launch Marvel Studios. Cuneo left Marvel with the company sale to Disney at the end of 2009. Marvel’s stock price had risen from the low of $0.96 to over $50.00 per share. In December, 2009, The Walt Disney Company purchased Marvel for over $4 billion.
After leaving Marvel, Peter formed Cuneo & Company with his son, Gavin. In 2011, Cuneo & Co capitalized Valiant Entertainment for relaunch. Peter Cuneo became Valiant's Chairman with Gavin Cuneo serving as Chief Operating Officer and on the board. Valiant was relaunched under new leadership to become “Marvel 2.0”.  With its revival, Valiant soon became the third largest superhero entertainment company after Marvel and DC Comics. Valiant struck a five-movie partnership with Sony Pictures. Numerous film and TV projects were announced including Bloodshot (film). Cuneo & Company exited Valiant through the sale to DMG Entertainment in 2018.
In 2019, Cuneo became Chairman and CEO of CIIG Merger Corp, a Special-purpose acquisition company. CIIG was founded by Peter Cuneo, Gavin Cuneo and Michael Minnick. CIIG IPO’d on Nasdaq on December 17, 2019. On November 18, 2020 CIIG announced a business combination with electric vehicle developer Arrival (company) valued at $5.4 billion. CIIG’s combination with Arrival became the largest UK company listing in history. Cuneo became Non-Executive Chairman of Arrival.
Cuneo is also a member of the Alfred University Board of Trustees, formerly its Chairman. He sits on the Board of the Foundation for the National Archives in Washington, D.C. and on the Board of the Police Foundation.