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The Outsiders Who Changed F1 Forever
- ▶ 25:29 David Senra And then we'll see that Bernie has a little bit of like Michael Ovitz in him at the end of the 1972 season.
How Tamara Mellon Built Jimmy Choo
- ▶ 5:36 David Senra I actually discovered this book because Tamara is the long-term partner of my friend Michael Ovitz. 2 times in the scene
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood: Michael Ovitz
- ▶ 6:53 David Senra It is written by Mike Ovitz, and I first read this book almost six years ago now. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:24 David Senra So Ovitz grows up in the San Fernando Valley. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:41 David Senra They had, like, this hierarchy system, and, like, this track system, and, you know, you can already get the, you can already, like, get a sense of Ovis' personality. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:06 David Senra And in this case, in 1973, um, Ovitz brings in two million dollars for the firm, and they pay him 400 bucks a week. 12 times in the scene
- ▶ 37:43 David Senra One thing that's very obvious is Ovitz was ahead of his time in a lot of things. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 46:57 David Senra So this was actually a surprising thing, and something that, uh, I actually asked him about at dinner, too, because it's obvious in this book, like, he's heartbroken and devastated by two of his closest friends and, and business partners,… 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 57:46 David Senra I think Ovitz is really wise to realize, like, part of the reason he was able to make so much money is, one, he was very innovative, he was doing things that other agents were, and we're about to get that, but he's at the right time, and… 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:08:50 David Senra One thing I asked, uh, Michael at dinner, and I asked everybody that I come in contact with, 13 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:22:54 David Senra They get to the end and Ovitz realizes that he's not too sure about the relationship with the owners and it's too big of a chance. 22 times in the scene
Dinner With Michael Ovitz
- ▶ 0:00 David Senra Something that Michael Ovitz had in common with people like Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos is the belief that you must find and work with extraordinary people. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:17 David Senra Okay, so last week I flew to New York to have dinner with Michael Ovitz. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:41 David Senra And the number, the first one that's very obvious if you read his autobiography, which I'm also doing an episode on, and I think I'll just release it at the same time. 14 times in the scene
- ▶ 6:30 David Senra And there's two lines that popped in my mind when, uh, after I was thinking about the conversation, how about Ovitz and Tim Grover writes the greats figure out what works for them, regardless of what everyone else does. 14 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:25 David Senra And the advice from Ovitz is like, you need to make sure that you're picking partners that have the same ambition as you. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:13 David Senra There's a line, this is tied to a line that, um, that Ovid said to me where he says, only founders understand founders. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:07 David Senra And this is the things, one of the things I most admire about Ovitz. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:05 David Senra And then number six, when you speak to him, I, you, I got the feeling that he just thought that, like, there was unlimited opportunity in the world, and surprisingly enough, I think something he learned earlier, and I think it still… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:12 David Senra I think in that trainee program that Ovid started as a young man, I think 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 19:16 David Senra So there was this young guy who Ovitz admired. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:04 David Senra And it will happen because, you know, Obitz was in a glamorous business, 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:04 David Senra Ovitz would say the same thing. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:45 David Senra I'll be going through Michael's excellent autobiography, which I hope you, uh, obviously buy and read as well. 2 times in the scene
The Last Oil Baron: Leon Hess
- ▶ 8:12 David Senra Many, many years ago, I'm actually reading, this is all the way back on episode 53, I was reading Mike Ovitz's excellent autobiography, which is called, Who is Mike Ovitz? 3 times in the scene
Red Bull's Billionaire Maniac Founder: Dietrich Mateschitz
- ▶ 1:01:24 David Senra Mike Ovitz.
Billionaire Art Dealer Larry Gagosian
- ▶ 18:44 David Senra I've done a lot, many, many years ago, I did a podcast on Michael Ovitz. 5 times in the scene