Chuck Holmes (entrepreneur)
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Charles M. "Chuck" Holmes (May 5, 1945 – September 9, 2000) was an American adult film producer, executive and philanthropist. He founded Falcon Studios in 1971.[1]
Life and career
Holmes was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He earned a degree in Business Administration from Indiana State University. After working in sales for a construction firm that took him to San Francisco, California, he began Falcon Studios, a gay pornography production and distribution business. The business was largely mail-order, and he was among the first to make the media switch from film to videocassette.
Holmes later directed his fortune toward philanthropy, funding HIV/AIDS outreach programs, as well as San Francisco Community Center Project, Amnesty International, Global Green, Sierra Club, The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund and the Human Rights Campaign.
Holmes died from liver failure, a complication of AIDS. The Charles M. Holmes building at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center is named in his honor.[2]
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