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Size: 4,500+ clients 400+ employees (200+ agents and execs, 40 partners) four offices In 2009, it tapped producer Jay Cohen to start Gersh’s first film financing and packaging division, and in March it brought in Marie Perry from Skouras Agency to head up a commercial production division that will rep below-the-line talent for ads and music videos. Compared to the larger agencies, Gersh has demonstrated little interest in diversification - it’s the only one of the seven without even an in-house corporate communications department - but under the leadership of Phil’s sons Bob and David, the agency gradually has broadened its business.
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Still, the agency has both reigning Oscar supporting actor winners (Arquette, Simmons) and has held on to Young Hollywood luminaries Stewart, Driver and Elizabeth Olsen despite heavy courtship from the biggies. Recent moves: True to the spirit of its late founder, one of the last agents from Hollywood’s golden age, Gersh largely has stuck to the core talent agency practice, housing a roster of steadily working actors whose faces might be more recognizable than their names. Signature clients: Kristen Stewart, Kyle Chandler, Patricia Arquette, Adam Driver, J.K. Ownership: Co-presidents Bob and David Gersh, senior managing partner Leslie Siebert Origin story: Founded in 1949 by Phil Gersh. That fact likely contributed to the recent exit of a dozen comedy agents to UTA. It’s an open secret that TPG would like to go public, which would make CAA top brass - but not its rank-and-file agents - very rich. In 2010, TPG took a 35 percent stake in CAA for $166 million, according to an internal document, and in October it became majority owner for an additional $75 million. But CAA’s most transformative move was aligning with private-equity firm TPG Capital.
In 2008, CAA became the largest minority shareholder in Evolution Media Capital, whose investment arm has backed Fred Segal, Fender and startup Scopely. In 2006, CAA launched CAA Sports, luring a quartet of agents who brought MLB’s Derek Jeter and the NHL’s Sidney Crosby to a division that now reps more than 1,000 athletes (though a partnership with Jay Z‘s sports division recently ended).
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Recent moves: The home of the A-list movie star increasingly has become diversified. Signature clients: Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew McConaughey, Melissa McCarthy and Peyton Manning Leadership: Managing partners Kevin Huvane, Steve Lafferty, Rob Light, Bryan Lourd, Richard Lovett (president), David O’Connor and Michael Rubel Majority owner: TPG Capital, which upped its stake to 52 percent in October 2014 Origin story: Founded in 1975 by William Morris agents Mike Rosenfeld, Michael Ovitz, Ron Meyer, Bill Haber and Rowland Perkins. Looking for another way to distinguish itself, in August 2013, the agency created a physical production department by importing agents Jay Gilbert and Gil Harari from Paradigm (which shuttered that agency’s unit) and hiring nearly the entire staff of below-the-line specialist Montana Artists Agency (which subsequently closed) three months later.
Television stars ( Jane the Virgin‘s Rodriguez, Uzo Aduba of Orange Is the New Black) pepper the client list, but most up-and-comers leave for the bigger shops when they taste fame. Without A-list film stars, the Beverly Hills-based firm has carved a specialty in stand-up comedy touring ( Aziz Ansari, Kate McKinnon and Bill Burr) and the increasingly lucrative licensing and endorsements space under the agency’s youngest partner, Brian Dow - the Kardashians and Bethenny Frankel made their considerable fortunes there before jumping to WME and CAA, respectively. Recent moves: It’s come a long way from Ari Gold’s “Who invited APA?” joke on Entourage to become one of the town’s largest agencies. In comedy touring: Louis C.K., Amy Schumer and Kevin Hart Signature clients: Gary Oldman, Gina Rodriguez and Wesley Snipes. Leadership: President and CEO Jim Gosnell
Origin story: Founded in 1962 by former MCA agents David Baumgarten, Roger Vorce and Harvey Litwin. Size: 3,400 clients 325 employees (210 agents, 15 managing partners) offices in Los Angeles, New York and Nashville
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