Michael Ovitz
Michael Ovitz
Michael S. Ovitzis an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is a talent agent who co-founded Creative Artists Agencyin 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995. Ovitz later served as President of the Walt Disney Company from October 1995 to January 1997...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth14 December 1946
CountryUnited States of America
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Until the day I die, I'll never be able to understand how I spent 25 years with that man and his family, and within 60 days of taking this position, he decides I'm a number of things,
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When I was at U.C.L.A., I worked my way through school as a tour guide at Universal Studios, and I came in contact with a lot of people in the agency business.
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In student government in high school, I learned how to deal with people, and in college I studied Eastern philosophy. I'm also an avid team-sports fan. I think I just blended them all together and came out with a business management philosophy that combines the Eastern ethic with the Western sport concept, basically.