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Assertion Supported
CAA secured private school admissions for clients' children through agency donations
“One of the things we pioneered at CA was We literally service the clients on everything. They wanted to buy a house. We helped them. They wanted to buy a car. We knew all the dealers. They wanted to get their kids into private schools. We had contributed to th…”
Michael Ovitz Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 52:52 Michael Ovitz – Reinventing Talent and Building Momentum at Treville (EP.455)
Assertion Contradicted
CAA disrupted Hollywood by proactively packaging talent rather than waiting
“We weren't going to wait for offers. We were going to aggressively try to put things together and package which hadn't been done, and we'd never let anything go out that wasn't surrounded with like-minded creative people.”
Michael Ovitz Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 18:21 Michael Ovitz – Reinventing Talent and Building Momentum at Treville (EP.455)
Assertion Partly supported
Ovitz: CAA and Andy Grove founded Intel Media Lab in 1992
“In 1992, I was lucky enough to meet a guy named Andy Grove, who was the co-founder of Intel, and we created the CA Intel Media Lab in Beverly Hills to educate the secular head-in-the-sand entertainment business about what was coming around the corner.”
Michael Ovitz Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 58:43 Michael Ovitz – Reinventing Talent and Building Momentum at Treville (EP.455)
Assertion Partly supported
Ovitz: CAA represented every single cast member on Saturday Night Live
“We represented every single person on that show, and everyone thought we were nuts, because in those days, if you did TV, you couldn't get a movie.”
Michael Ovitz Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 33:22 Michael Ovitz – Reinventing Talent and Building Momentum at Treville (EP.455)
Assertion Supported
CAA enforced a same-day mandatory response rule on internal written notes
“There are cards with your name on it, and the system was, if I wrote you a note, and it was hand delivered by someone in the mail room on your desk, it had to be answered by the end of the day.”
Michael Ovitz Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 46:20 Michael Ovitz – Reinventing Talent and Building Momentum at Treville (EP.455)
Assertion Supported
Rabil: Premier Lacrosse League Is Backed by Joe Tsai, Chernin, CAA
“Venture backed from folks like Josai and Josai Sports, Rain Ventures, CAA, Chernin, Blum. We have an individual who's one of the most successful hedge fund operators in Brett Jefferson.”
Paul Rabil Apr 15, 2019 ▶ 38:46 Paul Rabil - Lacrosse and Entrepreneurship (Capital Allocators, EP.95)
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