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Ariel Emanuel

  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Netanyahu is a disaster for Israel

    He has failed as a wartime leader and has no plan for securing the peace — his only goal is to stay in office and out of jail

    Close up of a pensive looking Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a flag of Israel
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    Paramount Global
    James Cameron and Ari Emanuel back Skydance bid for Paramount

    Endorsements from Hollywood’s biggest names come as Sony and Apollo push rival $26bn offer

    A scene from ‘Titanic’
  • Friday, 5 April, 2024
    Sport
    Bridgepoint rejected higher bid for MotoGP from Ari Emanuel’s TKO

    US businessman says his group offered €200mn more than Liberty Media for motorcycle series

    A racing motorcycle on a track
  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
    LexEndeavor
    Endeavor’s deal is a fitting end to a sorry show Premium content

    Ordinary shareholders could feel like faceless extras in the entertainment group’s go-private sale

    Ari Emanuel
  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
    Endeavor’s Emanuel eyes public market exit as Hollywood tempers fray

    Talent agency boss has seen rivals CAA and UTA earn richer valuations since his IPO

    Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel sits with comedian Larry David at a basketball game in 2019
  • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
    LexEndeavor
    Endeavor: investors should beware Silver Lake’s talented negotiators

    Shareholders should gird themselves for a fight with the sharp-elbowed private equity group and Ari Emanuel

    Michelle Williams is among the actors Endeavor agents have represented
  • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
    Endeavor
    Silver Lake moves to take entertainment group Endeavor private

    Value of Ari Emanuel’s group jumps to $14bn as it says it is exploring strategic alternatives

    Ari Emanuel
  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    TKO Group
    Ari Emanuel’s martial arts group TKO eyes $1bn earnings as it lists in New York

    Combination of World Wrestling Entertainment and UFC takes aim at growing global fans

    Sean O’Malley, left, and Petr Yan competing at the Ultimate Fighting Championship in Abu Dhabi in in October 2022
  • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
    Ari Emanuel: the tenacious super agent disrupting Hollywood

    Endeavor’s acquisition of wrestling’s WWE is just the latest in a string of ambitious deals

    Ari Emanuel
  • Monday, 3 April, 2023
    World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
    Endeavor’s UFC to merge with WWE in $21bn all-stock deal

    Ari Emanuel to head new listed entity housing mixed martial arts and wrestling groups

    AJ Styles fights Humberto Carrillo in the WWE Crown Jewel pay-per-view in Riyadh in October 2019
  • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
    Kanye West
    Business silence on Kanye West’s anti-Semitism is not an option

    The rapper has millions of fans around the world, many of them young and impressionable

    Kanye West on stage pointing towards the crowd
  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    United Talent Agency Inc
    Hollywood talent agency UTA agrees to buy UK’s Curtis Brown

    Deal will allow US group access to literary material spanning Margaret Atwood and Winston Churchill

  • Monday, 21 June, 2021
    Media
    Endeavor’s Ari Emanuel left Live Nation board after antitrust concerns, US says

    Entertainment group’s president also resigned seat on board at events promoter

    Ari Emanuel
  • Thursday, 29 April, 2021
    US & Canadian companies
    Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor makes volatile market debut

    Company valued at $10bn in private placement and initial public offering

    Patrick Whitesell and Ari Emanuel
  • Tuesday, 20 April, 2021
    IPOs
    Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor shoots for $10bn valuation in IPO

    Prospectus reveals more ambitious price target than in abortive offering two years ago

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Silver Lake and Mubadala: back scratching Premium content

    The two grow their relationship well beyond the football pitch

  • Thursday, 4 June, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Silver Lake: inside the rise of Egon Durban Premium content

    His high-conviction style of dealmaking is coming to the fore at private equity group

  • Friday, 27 September, 2019
    LexIPOs
    Endeavor/IPOs: that’s showbiz!
    Chrissy Teigen, left, with husband John Legend. The model is represented by Endeavor
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2019
    IPOs
    Entertainment group Endeavor shelves plan for IPO

    Parent of Hollywood’s biggest talent agency and martial arts franchise faced tough sell

  • Monday, 15 October, 2018
    US & Canadian companies
    Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor seeks to end Saudi deal

    Journalist’s disappearance roils Hollywood months after warm welcome for crown prince

    Chicago Bulls v Los Angeles Lakers...LOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 23: Chicago politician and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (R) and his brother Ari Emanuel (L) attend a game between the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on November 23, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2010 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
  • Wednesday, 2 August, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    Funds give WME-IMG extra punch with $1bn investment

    US entertainment and sports agency valued at $6.3bn

    Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira of Brazil fights with Thiago Santos of Brazilduring the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) competition in Rio de Janeiro...Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira of Brazil (L) fights with Thiago Santos of Brazilduring the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) competition in Rio de Janeiro August 3, 2013.  REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: SPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX129XG
  • Monday, 13 June, 2016
    Technology sector
    Hollywood agency looks to mine data from live events

    Leading agency WME-IMG is taking the ‘internet of things’ to New York Fashion Week

    Ari Emanuel with Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of US Vogue, at New York Fashion Week
  • Friday, 29 April, 2016
    Life & Arts
    Interview: Frieze’s very discreet co-founders

    Will a new partnership for the art fair bring about changes, and new projects?

    Sean Kelly Gallery at Frieze New York 2015
  • Thursday, 14 April, 2016
    Life & Arts
    Sports and entertainment agency WME-IMG invests in Frieze art fair

    Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell’s WME-IMG buys into London art fair and publisher

    The Frieze art fair in regents park.
  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2016
    US & Canadian companies
    $250m SoftBank investment values WME-IMG at $5.5bn

    Japanese technology group backs entertainment, sports and fashion company as it looks to expand

    Serena Williams of the US returns to Silvia Soler Espinosa of Spain during their women's singles first round match at the China Open tennis tournament in the National Tennis Center of Beijing on September 29, 2014. Serena Williams won 7-5, 6-2. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
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