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Aleen Nicole Keshishian (born February 3, 1968) is a talent manager, producer, and founder and CEO of Lighthouse Management + Media. She currently manages the careers of artists including Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, Olivia Rodrigo, Paul Rudd, Jason Bateman, Mark Ruffalo, and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Keshishian works across many verticals of the entertainment industry, including music, branding, film, television, fashion, art, books, digital, and production. Her producing credits include the critically acclaimed documentaries Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry and Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, which was directed by her brother Alek, as well as the Golden Globe and Emmy nominated Ryan Murphy series Ratched. Additionally, Keshishian has led and negotiated the sale of numerous films and TV shows, including the two largest documentary sales in history.

Keshishian has been named one of the most powerful women in Hollywood by The Hollywood Reporter eight times in her career, including in 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, she was named toVariety500's list as "one of the most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry."

Early life and education
Keshishian was born in Beirut, Lebanon to Cecile Keshishian (née Simonian), and Dr. Kevork Keshishian, a pediatrician and radiologist from Aleppo, Syria. Both Cecile and Kevork were born to and raised by survivors of the Armenian Genocide. Aside from pediatrics, Kevork was well known in the Armenian diaspora for his written work as an author and lecturer in the fields of family dynamics and sex education. Cecile and Kevork immigrated to the United States in 1968, living for a brief period in Brookline, Massachusetts before settling in Manchester, New Hampshire, where they raised Aleen and her older brother, Alek, who is a film director. Both children were taught to read, write, and speak fluently in Armenian growing up.

Keshishian attended St. Paul's School before graduating magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1990 with a degree in art history.

Casting and ICM
Keshishian got her start in entertainment as a casting assistant to the well-known casting director Juliet Taylor, whom she assisted in the casting of films directed by Mike Nichols, Jim Brooks, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, and Nora Ephron.

In 1993, after three years in casting, Keshishian was hired as a talent agent at ICM in New York by the legendary agent Sam Cohn. She spent six years under his tutelage and cites him as a mentor. Keshishian's first client as an agent was 12-year old Natalie Portman, who was signed by Keshishian before she starred in Luc Besson's The Professional. Keshishian would go on to manage Portman for 21 years. During this span, Keshishian notably orchestrated the collaboration between her former Harvard classmate Darren Aronofsky and Portman on the 2010 film Black Swan, which earned Portman an Academy Award for Best Actress.

AMG and Brillstein Entertainment Partners
In 1999, after six years at ICM, Keshishian moved from New York to Los Angeles, leaving the agency business to become a talent manager and co-run the motion picture talent department at Artists Management Group (AMG) for Michael Ovitz and Rick Yorn. In 2005, Keshishian left AMG, which had since merged with The Firm, to join Brillstein Entertainment Partners as a partner. At Brillstein, Keshishian began working with Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow, who has referred to Keshishian as "a very special and unique force in the talent management world."

Lighthouse Management + Media
In 2016, she founded her own company, Lighthouse Management + Media, a full service talent management, production, and media company based in Los Angeles, California. Keshishian is both owner and CEO of the company.

As a manager, Keshishian helped Jason Bateman with his directing career while simultaneously building out his production company, Aggregate Films. Under the Aggregate banner, Bateman has produced, directed, and starred in major hits for Netflix including Ozark, which earned 45 Emmy nominations during its four-season run. She has also helped place Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Rudd, Natalie Portman, Zoe Saldana, and Kathryn Hahn in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Among her other notable clients are actors Billy Crudup, Laura Linney, Topher Grace, Justin Theroux, Emily Mortimer, director Jesse Peretz, supermodel Miranda Kerr, and former United States Ambassador and author Nicole Avant.

In 2014, Keshishian expanded her management portfolio into music, signing Selena Gomez in all areas of her career to assist the Disney Channel star's transition from child actress to global superstar. Since, Keshishian has guided Gomez's career as an actress, musician, entrepreneur, and social media presence as the most followed woman in the world, with over 400 million followers on Instagram. Under Keshishian's representation, Gomez has received multiple Grammy, Golden Globe, and Emmy nominations. Keshishian has helped Gomez develop and produce over 20 film and TV projects, including Netflix's 13 Reasons Why, Max's Selena + Chef, and Hulu's critically acclaimed Only Murders in the Building.

Most recently, Keshishian signed three-time Grammy winning singer-songrwriter Olivia Rodrigo, after her debut album SOUR shattered records to become the longest-running debut album in the top 10 on the Billboard charts in the 21st century. Keshishian managed Rodrigo's sold-out Sour Tour across North America and Europe, culminating in her performance at Glastonbury Music Festival in 2022. Keshishian continued to guide Rodrigo as she began working on her highly anticipated sophomore album, GUTS, which has been nominated for six Grammy Awards. Rodrigo's upcoming GUTS World Tour, also managed by Keshishian, sold out within several hours and is scheduled to begin in February 2024.

Keshishian has also helped build several successful celebrity brands. With Selena Gomez, Keshishian helped create and develop Rare Beauty, one of the top celebrity beauty brands in the world. In 2023, three years after launching, the brand is expected to have generated over $300 million in revenue. Beginning in 2012, Keshishian also helped grow the hair care brand Living Proof with Jennifer Aniston, which was sold to Unilever in 2016. In 2021, Keshishian aided Aniston in her conceptualization and execution of LolaVie, Aniston's own hair care line, which has since expanded its product line and is now sold by Ulta Beauty stores.

Philanthropy
Keshishian has partnered with her clients to create considerable philanthropic impact. With Selena Gomez, she established The Rare Impact Fund, an initiative led by mental health experts that is committed to raising $100 million for mental health treatments in underserved communities within the next 10 years. Throughout the past several decades, Keshishian and her clients have raised millions of dollars for charities including UNICEF, Make-A-Wish, St. Jude's, The Children's Hospital of LA, Global Citizen, The Lupus Alliance, and The Solutions Project.

Personal Life
Keshishian currently serves on the board of the Center for Countering Digital Hate. She has also served as a John H. Mitchell visiting professor in media entertainment at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Keshishian is married to her Harvard classmate Kit Troyer, with whom she has two children, Lulu and Jesse. They live in Hancock Park.