Arthur Smith, CEO of A. Smith & Co.,

Arthur Smith founded A. Smith & Co. Productions with longtime friend Kent Weed in 2000 and serves as Executive Producer on all the company's productions including the Emmy® nominated hit show Hell's Kitchen as well as Kitchen Nightmares with Chef Gordon Ramsay, I Survived a Japanese Game Show , Crash Course , Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura , American Gangster , Pros Vs Joes , and UFC Countdown . Smith is also a lead consultant to major media companies and sport entities with clients such as Paul Allen, The Harlem Globetrotters, and Gemstar/TV Guide. Additionally, Smith serves on the boards of several sports organizations.

In 1982, Smith began producing network television at the age of 22 at CBC Network Sports, where he produced and directed major sporting events around the world, including Executive Producing three Olympic Games for which he won numerous awards, including two prestigious Gemini Awards. At the age of 28, Smith was named head of CBC Sports and continued to create sports content in an entertainment format filled with stylized graphics, driving music, high profile features, and technological innovations.

Following CBC, Smith spent four years as Senior Vice President of Dick Clark Productions where he was responsible for Producing and Executive Producing When Stars Were Kids , and Caught in the Act for NBC and Battle of the Bands , The Jim Thorpe Pro Sports Awards , and The Great 18 Golf Championship for ABC.

Smith went on to become Senior Vice President of MCA Television Group in 1995. Within months of arriving at MCA Television, Smith garnered commitments for shows from ABC, NBC, FOX and CBS. Prior to launching A. Smith & Co. in November 2000, Smith held the role of Executive Vice President of Programming, Production and News for FOX SPORTS where he launched the network into the cable sports business as well as overseeing what would become the fastest growing television sports network. While at FOX, Smith launched 22 sports networks and acted as Executive Producer on over 4,500 events and thousands of original hours of programming each year.