Endeavor

Talent agency founded in April 2009, by merger of the William Morris Agency and the Endeavor Agency, in 2013 the firm became WME/IMG; announced plans to become a private company in April 2024

Endeavor, the sports and entertainment company led by the Hollywood super agent Ari Emanuel, said on Tuesday April 2 2024 that it planned to go private with the help of Silver Lake, the investment firm that has been its longtime financial backer. Under the terms of the deal, Silver Lake will buy the shares in Endeavor that it doesn’t already own for $27.50 a share in cash. The deal values Endeavor, including its debt, at $13 billion. With the backing of Silver Lake, one of the biggest investors in technology and media companies, Endeavor went on to buy a string of businesses, including the IMG talent agency, Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Wrestling Entertainment. It combined U.F.C. and W.W.E. into a new company, TKO Group, that went public last year.

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Leadership & Staff

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Jacqueline Reses CEOr and Chair of the Board of Lead Bank; formerly Executive Chairman of Square Financial Services

• Board Member (Aug '21→?)

Egon Durban Co-Chief Executive Officer of Silver Lake Partners

• Board member

Fidel Barajas Talent agent - Comedy division, WME

• Talent agent, comedy division of WME ('22→?)

Sharon Jackson Partner, WME

• Partner

Patrick Whitesell Executive Chairman of Endeavor Group Holdings since 2017

• Executive Chairman of Endeavor Group Holdings ('17→?)

Ari Emanuel CEO, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment; brother of Rahm Emanuel

• CEO

Edward F Limato

• SVP

Drew Sheinman Founding partner - Brand Velocity Partners (BVP)

• SVP, Brand Ventures - WME-IMG (past)

Bozoma Saint John Chief marketing officer, Netflix

• Chief Marketing Officer ('18→'20)

Hans Schiff Television Agent - Creative Artists Agency (CAA)

• SVP ('94→'09)

Board Members

Stephen Evans Managing Director at Silver Lake Partners

• Board member

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh Board member, WME

• Board member

Dave Wirtschafter Board Member, WME Entertainment

• Board member

Donations

Andrew Cuomo former governor of New York State

• 4 contributions · 29,500 USD (Mar 4 '14→Nov 16 '18)

New York State Democratic Committee

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD (Nov 8 '18)

Holdings

The Raine Group, LLC

• Stake holder

IMG Sports agents and management, since 2014 a part of WME IMG a/k/a William Morris Endeavor IMG

• Owner ('13→?)

Child Organizations

Miss Universe Organization

• Child Org (Sep 14 '15→?)

Services & Transactions

Rachel Maddow MSNBC host

• client ('21→?)

James Franco Actor

• Representative

Ben Affleck Actor, Director

• Representative

Oprah Winfrey Talk show host; billionaire

• Representative

Dick Wolf TV Producer of Law & Order fame

• Client