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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.
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 General Information Biography. Mr. Michael Ovitz is a Founder and Owner of Broad Beach Ventures. Previously, he co-founded CheckOut Entertainment Network. He also co-founded Creative Artists Agency. He holds BA in Film and Television from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Life’s Work: An Interview with Michael Ovitz. As a cofounder of Creative Artists Agency, Ovitz revolutionized how big deals in film, TV, music, and corporate media were done from the 1970s ...
Michael Ovitz co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and served as its Chairman until 1995, growing the agency from a start-up organization to the world’s leading talent agency, representing more than 1,000 of the most notable actors, directors, musicians, screenwriters and personalities in the entertainment industry. Ovitz expanded ...
Dec 9, 2018 · Client Focus: Ovitz was obsessive with making his clients successful. He notes: “I focused intensely on you always turning the conversation away from myself.”. But he was also honest with his ...
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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 ...
