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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Michael_OvitzMichael Ovitz - Wikipedia

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   Michael Steven Ovitz (born December 14, 1946) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was a talent agent who co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Michael-OvitzMichael Ovitz | Biography & Facts | Britannica

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   Apr 30, 2024 · Michael Ovitz, American talent manager who, as cofounder and head of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), was considered one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures in the 1980s and ’90s. From 1995 to 1996 he was president of the Walt Disney Company. Learn more about Ovitz’s life and career.

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4. www.michaelovitz.comMichael Ovitz

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   Learn about Michael Ovitz's career, achievements and interests in entertainment, investment, advertising, finance and philanthropy. Explore his latest news, biography, art collection and more.

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     CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz: "I played a role" as feared Hollywood agent

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     Michael Ovitz on His Experience With Disney

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6. www.hollywoodreporter.com › movies › movie-featuresAt Home With Power Couple Michael Ovitz and Tamara Mellon

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   Oct 3, 2018 · Michael Ovitz lorded over Hollywood at CAA. His fiancee Tamara Mellon created a shoe empire. On the occasion of his memoir 'Who Is Michael Ovitz?' and her new L.A. store, the duo open...

7. www.latimes.com › business › hollywoodFrom super agent to Disney castoff, Michael Ovitz recounts ...

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   Sep 23, 2018 · In his memoir “Who Is Michael Ovitz?” the former super agent offers his own take on how he became one of the most powerful people in Hollywood.

8. www.vanityfair.com › 2018 › 10Michael Ovitz Still Can’t Help Himself | Vanity Fair

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   Oct 5, 2018 · In his new book, Who Is Michael Ovitz?, the former superagent wrestles with his reputation as a ruthless negotiator. In this interview, he lives up to it.

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   Who is Michael Ovitz?

   • Michael Steven Ovitz (born December 14, 1946) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. 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.

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   How much did David Ovitz get paid?

   • But instead, 14 months after unsuccessfully casting himself as Disney's president, Ovitz clashed irrevocably with Chairman of the Walt Disney Company Michael Eisner, collected an estimated $128 million in compensation, and boomeranged back to Hollywood.

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   What did David Ovitz do at CAA?

   • While at CAA, Mr. Ovitz was known for assembling "package deals", wherein CAA would utilize its talent base to provide directors, actors and screenwriters to a studio, thus shifting the negotiating leverage from the studios to the talent.

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   Did Michael Ovitz insult Barbra Streisand?

   • As Michael Ovitz reached his breaking point at the all-powerful talent agency C.A.A., which he had run like a warlord since cofounding it in 1975, he did the unthinkable: He insulted a superstar. It was 1995. Barbra Streisand was on the phone, complaining at length about sexism and unequal pay for women in Hollywood, when Ovitz blew a fuse.

   Reflections of a Former Hollywood Power Broker - The New York Times

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10. www.nytimes.com › 2018/09/23 › booksReflections of a Former Hollywood Power Broker - The New York ...

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    Sep 23, 2018 · As Michael Ovitz reached his breaking point at the all-powerful talent agency C.A.A., which he had run like a warlord since cofounding it in 1975, he did the unthinkable: He insulted...