SPAC Led By Michael Mahan, Allen Shapiro & John Howard Goes Public With Ciara, Peter Guber & Mark Shapiro As Board Members
A high-profile SPAC with Hollywood ties, Brilliant Lights Acquisition Corp, has been priced and will begin trading on Nasdaq tomorrow, Jan. 7. The blank-check company is run by former Dick Clark Prods. CEO Mike Mahan, who serves as CEO, as well as co-chairmen of the board of directors Allen Shapiro and John Howard, and Chief Financial Officer Hahn Lee. The company’s board of directors also including singer-songwriter Ciara Wilson, Mandalay Entertainment Group chairman and CEO Peter Guber, Endeavor Mark Shapiro and Selena Kalvaria, chief advertising and marketing officer at baggage maker Away.