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Founders: #382 Who Is Michael Ovitz?: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood

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At the core of Michael Ovitz's success is his relentless work ethic and commitment to mastering his craft. 50 years ago he founded Creative Artists Agency. CAA starts out as just five young guys in a run down office and eventually becomes the most powerful agency in the world. Ovitz's autobiography explains how that happened. As the Wall Street Journal wrote: When the history of Hollywood is written, few people will have played a larger role than Michael Ovitz. This episode is what I learned from reading (for the 2nd time!) Who Is Michael Ovitz?: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood by Michael Ovitz. ---- Ramp gives you everything you need to control spend, watch your costs, and optimize your financial operations —all on a single platform. Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud by going to Ramp and learning how they can help your business control your costs and save more. ---- Vesto: All of your company's financial accounts in one view. Connect and control all of your business bank accounts from one dashboard. Go to Vesto and schedule a demo with the founder Ben. Tell him David sent you. ---- Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap into the co

[00:00] David Senra: I've done a few of these. I had Dinner with episodes, Michael Ovitz being the latest one. And I did one with John Mackey, who's the founder of Whole Foods a couple months ago. And John Mackey told me one of the craziest things that anyone has ever said about the podcast. By that time I had spoken to him, he had already listened to over a hundred episodes of Founders and he said that if founders podcasts existed when he was a young man, Whole Foods would still be an independent company. That since the podcast and all of history's greatest entrepreneurs are constantly…

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