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8 Nov 2019: Hollywood Reporter: Endeavor Buys Harry Walker Agency, Restructures Speakers Division
by Erik Hayden
Endeavor, run by CEO Ari Emanuel, is acquiring Harry Walker Agency and merging it with WME Speakers...
“The Harry Walker Agency has been the gold standard for almost 75 years,” stated Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel. “Their standard of excellence has long been imitated, but never replicated, and we’re proud to welcome them to the Endeavor family.”
The new expansion into the event speaker business arrives weeks after Endeavor — which also owns IMG, Endeavor Content studio, MMA company UFC and PBR (Professional Bull Riders), among other varied assets — dropped its plans to go public formally on Oct. 16.
The HWA acquisition follows on the heels of Endeavor’s Nov. 6 move to bring aboard former ABC Entertainment chief Lloyd Braun to run its representation and management business and invest in his digital media company Whalerock Industries...
HWA, founded in 1946, counts a number of notable political, business and entertainment industry figures on its client list. It lists its exclusive speakers as former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former first lady Michelle Obama. Hollywood clients include Bono, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver, Gloria Steinem and Ronan Farrow.
Meanwhile, WME Speakers currently features Ben Affleck, Serena Williams, Tamron Hall, Michael B. Jordan and John Legend, among others. WME president Ari Greenburg noted of the acquisition, “HWA and their speakers will now benefit from the global reach and resources of WME and the broader Endeavor network.”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/endeavor-buys-harry-walker-agency-restructures-speakers-division-1253309