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Ari Emanuel | |
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| Born | Ariel SikZev Emanuel 1961 (age 61–62)[1] |
| Education | Macalester College (BA) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Hardwick Addington
(m. 1996; div. 2018) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Rahm Emanuel (brother) Ezekiel Emanuel (brother) |
Ariel Zev Emanuel (born 1961) is an American businessman and the CEO of Endeavor, an entertainment and media agency that owns the UFC.[2] He was a founding partner of the Endeavor Talent Agency and was instrumental in shaping its June 2009 merger with the William Morris Agency.[3]
Background
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Born to a Jewish family[4] in Chicago,[citation needed] Emanuel was raised in suburban Wilmette, Illinois. Emanuel is the brother of former Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel, American oncologist and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel, and sister Shoshana Emanuel (who was adopted). His father, Jerusalem-born Dr. Benjamin M. Emanuel, is a pediatrician who was active in the Irgun, a Zionist paramilitary group, that operated in Mandatory Palestine during the 1930s and 1940s[5][6] His mother, Marsha Emanuel (née Smulevitz), was a civil rights activist, and the one-time owner of a Chicago-area rock and roll club.[7] During his third grade at school, Ari was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia.[8] In addition to 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.[7][9]
In 1996, Emanuel married girlfriend Sarah Hardwick Addington; they have three sons.[7][10] After 20 years of marriage, Emanuel filed for divorce at Los Angeles County Court, citing "irreconcilable differences".[11] In May 2022, he married fashion designer Sarah Staudinger, founder of the Los Angeles label STAUD.[12]
Career
Prior to founding Endeavor, Emanuel was a partner at InterTalent and senior agent at ICM Partners (ICM).
Emanuel has been described as a mogul and power player in Hollywood.[13][14] Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, the co-CEO of WME, have both been named to Fortune's Businessperson of the Year list.[15][16] In a May 2013 article on Emanuel, Fortune called him "one of the biggest guns in the consolidating entertainment business".[17]
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.[18] In 2011, Emanuel co-founded TheAudience with Sean Parker and Oliver Luckett.[19]
Emanuel has served as a member of Live Nation Entertainment board of directors since September 2007.[20]
Endeavor went public in 2021 with Emanuel owning a stake worth around $480 million according to Bloomberg.[21]
He and Patrick Whitesell are also co-CEO of IMG, a global sports, events and talent management company headquartered in New York City.[22]
Public advocacy
Emanuel has hosted fundraisers for the Democratic Party.[23] He donated $2,700 to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. His long-standing relationship with his former client Donald Trump is well documented. Trump gave $50,000 to Rahm Emanuel's mayoral campaign in 2010 in spite of their political differences.[24]
During the 2016 Presidential primaries Emanuel offered to produce a movie for his former client Donald Trump which was considered for the 2016 Republican National Convention but ultimately was not followed through on.[25]
After disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi on 2 October 2018 and reports that the Saudi hit squad had assassinated him inside their consulate in Turkey Emanuel called White House senior adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner.[26] Emanuel tried to extricate Endeavor from a $400 million deal with the Saudi Arabian government.[27]
In October 2022, Emanuel urged businesses to stop working with rapper Kanye West over his antisemitic comments.[28]
Controversy
An April 2002 lawsuit by agent Sandra Epstein against Endeavor Agency brought forth accusations by Epstein and other Endeavor employees against Emanuel. In the court filings, Emanuel is alleged to have allowed a friend to operate a pornographic website out of Endeavor's offices. According to Epstein, Emanuel made racist and anti-gay remarks and prevented her from sending a script about Navy SEALs to actor Wesley Snipes, saying: "That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Everyone knows that blacks don't swim."[29] Emanuel disputed these accusations at the time. Epstein's claims were settled for $2.25 million.[29]
Art philanthropy
Emanuel has in the past been active on the board of trustees of P.S. Arts, a Los Angeles, California-based nonprofit organization that works to bring art education programs to Southern California schools. He has also helped the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, establish MOCAtv, a dedicated YouTube art channel. In 2012, he joined the museum's board.[30]
References
- ^ "Emanuel, Ari 1961-". WorldCat Identifers. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ Gift, Paul. "Endeavor CEO On Future UFC Rights Bidders: 'I'm Smiling'". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (2009-04-27). "WMA, Endeavor approve merger". Variety.
- ^ The Jewish Daily Forward: "Pope Francis Invites Hollywood biggest jews to Vatican" by Rachel X. Landes August 6, 2015
- ^ "Profile: Rahm Emanuel". BBC News. 2008-11-07. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- ^ "Major Political Developments". The Jewish Plan for Palestine—Memoranda and Statements presented by The Jewish Agency for Palestine to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. The Jewish Agency for Palestine, Jerusalem. 1947. p. 32.
- ^ a b c Bumiller, Elisabeth (1997-06-15). "The Brothers Emanuel". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- ^ "Ari Emanuel, Co-Chief Executive of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment". Yale Dyslexia. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Ari Emanuel". dyslexiahelp.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ Gateway families: ancestors and descendants of Richard Simrall Hawes III and Marie Christy Johnson, by Christy Hawes Bond, Alicia Crane Williams, C. Hawes Bond, 1994, p. 527
- ^ Staff, TheBlast (2018-11-30). "Hollywood Super Agent Ari Emanuel Files for Divorce From Longtime Wife". The Blast. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ Macon, Alexandra (2022-06-16). "Inside Ari Emanuel and Sarah Staudinger's St. Tropez Wedding". Vogue. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ "Ari Emanuel: 21st century Hollywood mogul". The Independent. London. July 15, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
- ^ Cieply, Michael (June 10, 2009). "Mogul Ascends With Old Hollywood Clout". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
- ^ Garrahan, Matthew (December 6, 2011). "Rewriting the Hollywood script". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
- ^ P.N. (November 19, 2010). "Businessperson of the Year". Fortune. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
- ^ Lashinsky, Adam (May 23, 2013). "Hi, It's Ari @#$%ing Emanuel, and I plan to shake up Hollywood". Fortune. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ^ Horn, John (2006-06-28). "A Green Light for 'Aqua'?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- ^ "TheAudience: A Stealthy, Celeb-Driven Startup Co-founded By Sean Parker, Ari Emanuel & Oliver Luckett". TechCrunch. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Leaders Archive". Live Nation Entertainment. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Hollywood Super-Agent Emanuel Cashes In With Endeavor Group IPO". Bloomberg.com. 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ "Ari Emanuel finally took Endeavor public. Now what?". Los Angeles Times. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ Berrin, Danielle (November 6, 2008). "Rahm Emanuel's brother, Ari Emanuel, is a Hollywood superagent". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles.
- ^ Messer, Lesley (November 21, 2016). "Donald Trump Meets With Ari Emanuel: Inside Their Long-Standing Relationship". ABC.
- ^ "Ari Emanuel Will Not Produce Trump Convention Film". Fortune. May 1, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ Suebsaeng, Maxwell Tani,Asawin (2018-10-16). "'Pissed' Ari Emanuel Called Jared Kushner to Vent About Saudi Khashoggi Fiasco". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ^ "Endeavor Pulling Out of $400 Million Saudi Arabia Deal (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ^ "Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel urges brands to stop working with Kanye West". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ a b Cieply, Michael (2008-07-27). "Agents Replaying a Hollywood Drama". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- ^ Randy Kennedy (October 3, 2012), Ari Emanuel Joins Board of Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles The New York Times. 2012/10/03
External links
- Political blog at The Huffington Post
- After getting $60 million in equity Mati Kochavi & Ari Emanuels HEED shuts down
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