Chris Silbermann

Chris Silbermann is the CEO of ICM Partners, a global talent and literary agency representing clients in the fields of television, motion pictures, sports, publishing, broadcasting, music, theater, corporate marketing and new media. In addition to running the day-to-day management of the agency, which encompasses a team of more than 600 employees worldwide, Chris personally guides the careers of some of the most influential creative voices of our generation. Chris joined ICM in 2007, upon the agency’s acquisition of The Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann Agency, where he was a managing partner. In 2012, he led the management buyout of the agency that returned control and ownership of the company to a newly created partnership. In 2020, ICM completed 3 acquisitions, most notably The Stellar Group in the UK, the world’s #1 global sports agency representing football, rugby, American football and track and field Athletes. This division of the agency now operates as ICM Stellar Sports. A former member of the Board of Trustees for The University of California, Berkeley Foundation, Mr. Silbermann is the Chairman of The Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), serves on the board of the American Film Institute (AFI), and was a member of the LA24 Olympic committee. Mr. Silbermann graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA in English Literature.