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Ari Emanuel
Ariel Zev Emanuel (born March 29, 1961) is an American businessman and the CEO of Endeavor, an entertainment and media agency, as well as CEO and executive chairman of TKO Group Holdings, which owns the UFC and WWE. He was a founding partner of the Endeavor Talent Agency and was instrumental in shaping its June 2009 merger with the William Morris Agency.
Emanuel was raised in suburban Wilmette, Illinois. Emanuel is the brother of former mayor of Chicago, Presidential Chief of Staff and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, American oncologist and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel, and sister Shoshana Emanuel (who was adopted). His father, Jerusalem-born Benjamin M. Emanuel, was a pediatrician who was active in the Irgun in Mandatory Palestine. His mother, Marsha Emanuel (née Smulevitz), was a civil rights activist, and the one-time owner of a Chicago-area rock and roll club. During his third grade at school, Ari was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. To supplement instruction at school, his mother spent many hours helping him to learn to read. She hired tutors and private instructors to give him private reading lessons at home. Emanuel attended New Trier High School and graduated from Macalester College in 1983.
In his early career, Emanuel worked as an assistant to New York talent agent Robert Lantz and then as a trainee at Creative Artists Agency in Hollywood after getting a start working in the company's mail room in 1987. Prior to founding Endeavor, Emanuel was a partner at InterTalent and senior agent at ICM Partners (ICM). In 1995, Emanuel began a year and a half in recovery after getting hit by a flatbed truck, and was inspired during this period in time to start his own company. In March 1995, Emanuel started Endeavor. Emanuel has served as a member of Live Nation Entertainment board of directors since September 2007.
Emanuel has been described as a mogul and power player in Hollywood. Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, the co-CEO of WME, have both been named to Fortune's Businessperson of the Year list. In a May 2013 article on Emanuel, Fortune called him "one of the biggest guns in the consolidating entertainment business".
Emanuel's relationships with his clients, coupled with his stature in the industry, has led to various homages and parodies over the years, including Bob Odenkirk's character Stevie Grant on The Larry Sanders Show, and Ari Gold, played by Jeremy Piven on the HBO television show Entourage.
In April 2002 agent Sandra Epstein and other Endeavor employees sued Ari Emanuel on allegations that a pornographic website was operated out of Endeavor's offices and that Emanuel made racist and anti-gay remarks. Emanuel disputed these accusations at the time. Emanuel settled Epstein's claims for $2.25 million.
In 2011, Emanuel co-founded TheAudience with Sean Parker and Oliver Luckett.
Endeavor went public in 2021, the first Hollywood agency to do so, with Emanuel owning a stake worth around $480 million according to Bloomberg. He and Patrick Whitesell are also co-CEO of IMG, a global sports, events and talent management company headquartered in New York City.
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Ari Emanuel
Ariel Zev Emanuel (born March 29, 1961) is an American businessman and the CEO of Endeavor, an entertainment and media agency, as well as CEO and executive chairman of TKO Group Holdings, which owns the UFC and WWE. He was a founding partner of the Endeavor Talent Agency and was instrumental in shaping its June 2009 merger with the William Morris Agency.
Emanuel was raised in suburban Wilmette, Illinois. Emanuel is the brother of former mayor of Chicago, Presidential Chief of Staff and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, American oncologist and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel, and sister Shoshana Emanuel (who was adopted). His father, Jerusalem-born Benjamin M. Emanuel, was a pediatrician who was active in the Irgun in Mandatory Palestine. His mother, Marsha Emanuel (née Smulevitz), was a civil rights activist, and the one-time owner of a Chicago-area rock and roll club. During his third grade at school, Ari was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. To supplement instruction at school, his mother spent many hours helping him to learn to read. She hired tutors and private instructors to give him private reading lessons at home. Emanuel attended New Trier High School and graduated from Macalester College in 1983.
In his early career, Emanuel worked as an assistant to New York talent agent Robert Lantz and then as a trainee at Creative Artists Agency in Hollywood after getting a start working in the company's mail room in 1987. Prior to founding Endeavor, Emanuel was a partner at InterTalent and senior agent at ICM Partners (ICM). In 1995, Emanuel began a year and a half in recovery after getting hit by a flatbed truck, and was inspired during this period in time to start his own company. In March 1995, Emanuel started Endeavor. Emanuel has served as a member of Live Nation Entertainment board of directors since September 2007.
Emanuel has been described as a mogul and power player in Hollywood. Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, the co-CEO of WME, have both been named to Fortune's Businessperson of the Year list. In a May 2013 article on Emanuel, Fortune called him "one of the biggest guns in the consolidating entertainment business".
Emanuel's relationships with his clients, coupled with his stature in the industry, has led to various homages and parodies over the years, including Bob Odenkirk's character Stevie Grant on The Larry Sanders Show, and Ari Gold, played by Jeremy Piven on the HBO television show Entourage.
In April 2002 agent Sandra Epstein and other Endeavor employees sued Ari Emanuel on allegations that a pornographic website was operated out of Endeavor's offices and that Emanuel made racist and anti-gay remarks. Emanuel disputed these accusations at the time. Emanuel settled Epstein's claims for $2.25 million.
In 2011, Emanuel co-founded TheAudience with Sean Parker and Oliver Luckett.
Endeavor went public in 2021, the first Hollywood agency to do so, with Emanuel owning a stake worth around $480 million according to Bloomberg. He and Patrick Whitesell are also co-CEO of IMG, a global sports, events and talent management company headquartered in New York City.