Illustrious

Illustrious Industries (simply known as Illustrious) is a Canadian-American holding firm founded by OWL Ventures founder Oliver Watson to personally hold and control assets that Watson has a personal investment in, it also serves as a firm for companies that him and his team at OWL believe would be better under his control, and not OWL's. Watson described it as "his own attempt at running a Vuori like company".

Assets
Illustrious was originally formed to be the holding company for Watson's production company, Studio Watson and a 50% stake in Salovaara Watson, but has also come to be the holding company for assets such as:
 * Columbia Tristar Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Tristar Music Group, and Columbia Tristar Entertainment Japan (formerly Sony Pictures, Sony Music, and a merger of Sony Pictures Japan and Sony Music Japan respectively)
 * The Times-Tribune Company - owners of the LA and NY Times, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Dow Jones Company, Tribune Publishing, and other associated assets
 * Illustrious Interactive - includes Vice Media, Verizon Media, Monitor (formerly Cheddar, Whistle, Barcroft Media, Local Now and Newsy), Cnet, a stake in Tentpole and IAC
 * Moviepass - including the flagship Moviepass (formerly Redbox) rental service, and the sister Showpass, Gamepass, Musicpass, Bookpass, and GamePass services
 * Illustrious Publishing - including Conde Nast, Future plc, Hubert Burda Media, Editis, Simon and Schuster, HarperCollins, Lagardere Publishing International and Polarity (JV with The Eclipse Group)
 * Illustrious Sports and Experiences - formerly Watson Sports and Experiences, includes holdings such as Loews Hotels, Cedar Fair, Illustrious Venues, and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment
 * Illustrious Media - formerly OWL Media's US and Canadian operations, Bloomberg, The Weather Company, Bandlab Technologies, AccuWeather, Pelmorex Group, Stingray Group, the majority of the Pinewood Group, Tee Media, and Matador
 * Illustrious Theaters - including Styhon Battersea Cinemas and AMC Theaters
 * Illustrious Capital

Corporate affairs
Illustrious is headquartered at 299 Queen Street West in Toronto. The company has several US offices, including:
 * 1211 Avenue of the Americas
 * 51 West 52nd Street
 * 435 N. Michigan Ave.
 * 620 Eighth Avenue