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Ovitz: CAA agents were required to answer colleagues before clients or buyers
“Our inner office rule was you had to answer your associates first before the clients, before the buyers.”
Michael Ovitz Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 5:01 Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power
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Ovitz: Peter Thiel hired me to monetize Palantir before it had revenue
“I was introduced to him by Peter Thiel who had invested a lot of money in Palantir and there was no income. He asked me to help monetize it, which shows that you don't have to be totally technical to be in the tech world.”
Michael Ovitz Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 52:28 Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power
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Ovitz: CAA banned internal political discussions during meetings to protect clients
“I didn't even allow political discussions to take place in meetings. I didn't want to get involved with our clients' politics.”
Michael Ovitz Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 1:00:48 Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power
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Ovitz: My AI watermarking startup partnered with Universal and Sony Music
“And now Universal, and then Dennis Coker and Rob Stringer at Sony. So we have the two biggest music companies, and we're watermarking songs, and we will go live very shortly.”
Michael Ovitz Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 1:25:25 Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power
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Ovitz: CAA instituted a strict rule against badmouthing non-clients' products
“We did have another rule that it was inappropriate to bad mouth non-clients product because that was a age-old trick in the entertainment business.”
Michael Ovitz Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 28:34 Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power
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Ovitz is incubating a new startup with Blend co-founder Nima Ghamsari
“Now he came up with another idea. I just got him all the funding, including from us, and we're, I'm doing the marketing, and he's hired the right engineers, and it's a total incubation.”
Michael Ovitz Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 52:59 Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power
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