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Ariel Emanuel

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  • Executive Chair and CEO of TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
  • Author, 'Roll The Calls'

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In an industry built on relationships, reinvention, and relentless competition, Ariel Emanuel has spent decades shaping the modern business of culture.

As Executive Chair and CEO of TKO Group Holdings, Emanuel oversees a global sports and entertainment powerhouse that includes WME, IMG, and UFC. After co-founding Endeavor in 1995, he transformed the company from a challenger agency into one of the most influential forces in entertainment, orchestrating the landmark merger that created WME and later driving the acquisitions of IMG and UFC through a strategic partnership with Silver Lake. His leadership helped redefine what a modern entertainment company could look like.

Now, Emanuel is pulling back the curtain on the lessons behind that rise in his new book, Roll the Calls, offering an inside look at dealmaking, leadership, ambition, and the high-stakes decisions that shaped his career. On stage, Emanuel brings audiences into the rooms where entertainment, business, sports, media, and power increasingly intersect, delivering candid insights on negotiation, disruption, talent, and building influence at scale.

 

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Interview - The movie business, coming from a famous family, helping UFC with "Fight Island," and Ari Gold | Bloomberg/The David Rubenstein Show [24:06] - Get Sharable Link
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A Conversation with Ariel Emanuel

Ariel Emanuel offers candid and compelling insights about the media and entertainment industry from his path from Hollywood agent to CEO of a global sports and entertainment company, challenging audiences to take risks, maximize the lesson in every experience, and build emotional endurance. Emanuel ...

Ariel Emanuel offers candid and compelling insights about the media and entertainment industry from his path from Hollywood agent to CEO of a global sports and entertainment company, challenging audiences to take risks, maximize the lesson in every experience, and build emotional endurance. Emanuel can speak to the current state of media and entertainment, his unique approach for identifying and capitalizing on cultural trends, and developing long-range visionary approaches to inevitable change.

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Books by Ariel Emanuel
Roll the Calls: A Memoir

Roll the Calls: A Memoir

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Press & Media
The David Rubenstein Show: Ariel Emanuel - Bloomberg
Ari Emanuel Takes on the World - The New Yorker
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Biography

Ariel Emanuel serves as Executive Chair and CEO of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company comprising businesses including UFC and WWE; and as Executive Chairman of privately held WME Group, a global network of businesses that represent the world’s leading talent, intellectual property, and brands. He is also Founder and Principal Investor in MARI, a new global events and experiences company. A graduate of Macalester College, Emanuel is an associate member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. He is based in Beverly Hills.

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