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Michael Ovitz. Michael Steven Ovitz (born December 14, 1946) is an American businessman. He was a talent agent who co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995. Ovitz later served as president of The Walt Disney Company for only 16 months, from October 1995 to January 1997.
Website. caa.com. Creative Artists Agency, LLC (CAA) is an American talent and sports agency based in Los Angeles, California. With 1,800 employees in March 2016, [1] it is regarded as an influential company in the talent agency business and manages numerous clients. [2][3]
Ovitz required financial protection from the risk of leaving a very lucrative and secure position at CAA, of which he was a controlling partner, to join a publicly held corporation to which Ovitz was a stranger, and that had a very different culture and an environment which prevented him from completely controlling his destiny.
The three longtime leaders of CAA have had enough of being told by outsiders what they should and shouldn’t be doing to run Hollywood’s most powerful agency and what they can and can’t do to ...
Stone was represented by Mike Ovitz, the head agent at CAA, and the Warner guys complained to Ovitz that they were promised the film would have an R rating, not NC-17, and that there was no way ...
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Ovitz demonstrated an early interest in fashion design and horseback riding. [1] The daughter of Judy (née Reich) and CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz, she grew up surrounded by creative talent and was inspired by modern art and architecture, both of which featured as themes in her later designs.
CAA has closed its acquisition of fellow mega Hollywood talent agency ICM Partners, the companies said Tuesday. The deal is valued at $750 million, resulting in a pro-forma enterprise valuation of ...
Education. University of Southern California. Occupation. Talent agent. Employer. Creative Artists Agency. James David "Jay" Moloney (November 14, 1964 – November 16, 1999) was an American Hollywood talent agent. Moloney was a top Creative Artists Agency (CAA) agent and a protégé of CAA founder Michael Ovitz. [ 3 ] He died by suicide at age 35.