Michael Ovitz
10 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 21, 2021 by Michael Ovitz · said 34 times in 10 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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2026 9 mentions in 2 episodes 5 per episode
2025 12 mentions in 2 episodes 6 per episode
2024 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
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Dec 21, 2021 neutral
Ovitz: Seagram offered Warner Bros $6B cash standstill after buying 14%
“We had quietly accumulated 14% of the stock through Allen and Company for the Bronfman family. And I met with Steve Ross three weeks before he passed away. He was one of the greatest guys in history of the business. And he gave me three hours of his time where…”
Dec 21, 2021 positive
Ovitz: Tech investing is the same packaging playbook as Hollywood agency representation
“All of the training I had as an agent has led me to a career in the digital world that's fantastic because what am I doing? I'm packaging. I'm putting young founders together with money and distribution, and nothing different than I did for 35 years. It's all …”
Dec 21, 2021 neutral
Dec 21, 2021 negative
Dec 21, 2021 positive
Ovitz: CAA Doubled Director Mike Nichols's Fee From $2.5M to $5M
“I remember when we signed Mike Nichols, may he rest in peace, a great director. I'll never forget a call he made to me. He was getting two and a half million to direct. And when he became a client of ours, and he, we went to make a deal for him, I called him u…”
Dec 21, 2021
Michael Ovitz preferred negotiating with conflicted people to ensure deals closed
“You know, I've always felt, and I still do, I'm really interested in dealing with conflicted people because if you have a conflict, in essence, you want it to work out on both sides. So a lot of times I'll go to someone with a heavy conflict to this day to wor…”
Dec 21, 2021
Dec 21, 2021 positive
Michael Ovitz proposed that Disney acquire Yahoo and CBS Records
“When I went to Disney, I put together seven initiatives. That I wrote about in the book that would have made Disney a fortune, starting with buying Yahoo, buying CBS records for two billion dollars, which is worth 10 times, 20 times that right now.”
Nov 24, 2025