Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
Episode Date: February 3, 2026Michael Ovitz co-founded CAA and helped reshape Hollywood, then took the same playbook into tech investing and advising founders. In this conversatio...
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267 episodes transcribedMichael Ovitz co-founded CAA and helped reshape Hollywood, then took the same playbook into tech investing and advising founders. In this conversatio...
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