Ariel Emanuel
Ariel Emanuel is Co-CEO of WME | IMG, a global leader in entertainment, sports and fashion. Operating in more than 25 countries, the company specializes in talent representation and management, brand strategy, media production, sales and distribution, event management and more. After co-founding Endeavor in 1995, Emanuel and Co-CEO Patrick Whitesell orchestrated the largest talent agency merger in history in 2009 when they partnered with William Morris to form WME, the world’s leading talent agency.
Emanuel is an associate member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and sits on the boards of Live Nation and MOCA. Additionally, he has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, one of Fortune’s Businesspersons of the Year and one of Sport Business Journal’s 50 Most Influential People in Sports.