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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.
Michael Ovitz was born in Chicago in 1946 to David, the son of Jewish Romanian immigrants. David was a liquor salesman for Seagram’s but he worked weekends too, selling patio furniture to support his family after they moved to Encino in the San Fernando Valley.
Sep 28, 2018 · Ovitz is a keen martial arts practitioner — his Gordon Gekko-style morning routine involved waking at the crack of dawn for a head-clearing training session before tackling calls with his ...
Michael Ovitz, owner of Broad Beach Ventures LLC, right, after the morning session at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024.
Sep 23, 2018 · The book’s selection of photos is a trophy wall of very dated shots (some signed) of Ovitz hobnobbing with Hollywood royalty. There are pictures of him adorning magazine covers, and a reprint of ...
Oct 3, 2018 · Ovitz, who was pushed out of Walt Disney in 1997 after having left CAA, tells of a nostalgic lunch with David Geffen, the music producer: “We were two guys in our seventies, looking to fix what ...
Michael Ovitz, owner of Broad Beach Ventures LLC, left, arrives for the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. The annual event has been a...
