David Geffen has helped people rise to their potential in many ways. As an agent, manager, record-industry luminary, producer, and executive, he found huge success by nurturing talent and helping others shine. As a passionate and famed philanthropist, he continues to greet ambition with opportunity. Geffen’s visionary giving to UCLA is revolutionizing education. By establishing the Geffen Academy at UCLA, he is building an innovative and inspiring new model for secondary schools — a place where students from across Los Angeles will have access to the vast resources of a premier public research university.He also is adding to his legendary generosity to UCLA, where his giving to the medical school has made a tuition-free medical education available to the most qualified students.