Kaplan grew up in
Los Angeles. "Football and movies, that's about all I did." He graduated from
Columbia University in
Manhattan, New York. He was a quarterback on the
Columbia Lions football team. After college, he was hired by
CBS President and CEO
Les Moonves as an intern and became director of digital development for the company. He jumped to
Lionsgate Films, rising to SVP Development and Production, overseeing projects including
They Came Together starring
Amy Poehler and
Paul Rudd. Kaplan founded Chapter One Films in 2013 and signed a first-look deal with
Blumhouse Productions to produce movies including
The Darkness and
The Lazarus Effect. Kaplan's net worth in 2024 is estimated to be anywhere from three to fifty million dollars earned from producing films, TV shows, and his other business ventures. == Personal life ==