Maker Studios Co-Founders Lisa & Ben Donovan Exit

CULVER CITY: Lisa and Ben Donovan, siblings who were co-founders of Maker Studios, have left the company.

Their departure comes just three months after Disney purchased the company. The pair established the MCN, which provides production and marketing services for more than 55,000 YouTube creators, along with Danny Zappin in 2009. Zappin resigned as CEO of Maker last year.

Maker Studios said of their departure: “Lisa and Ben have left the company. They will always be an important part of the Maker family. We are forever grateful for their pioneering vision in founding the company five years ago that has since become the world’s leading provider of online video content for Millennials. Lisa and Ben are among the most creative people we know and we wish them all the best.”