Channeling Rage, Rolling Calls & Building an Entertainment Empire | Ari Emanuel, WME & TKO

Ari Emanuel is the co-founder of Endeavor, executive chair and CEO of TKO, executive chairman of WME Group, and founder of MARI. We talk about his $4.2 billion bet on the UFC, the ESPN deal that proved it right, lessons from Egon Durban and David Geffen, and how constantly making calls creates opportunities you can’t plan for. Ari also opens up about…

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How Do You Get A Buyout Firm To Chase A Deal After You Tell Them They Have No Chance? at 5:10 Transcript
How Do You Get A Buyer To Move Off A Bad First Offer? at 15:20 Transcript
How Do You Get Ten Episodes After The Buyer Already Agreed To Eight? at 17:15 Transcript
How Do You Become The Conqueror In A Merger? at 25:11 Transcript
Why Was Spending $44 Million On Buyouts The Greatest Deal Ari And Patrick Ever Did? at 31:42 Transcript
How Did Elon Shape The Idea Behind Mari? at 51:57 Transcript
Is This Rooted In Insecurity? at 1:08:33 Transcript
Why Does Smoking 5meo Not Make You Stop Working Hard? at 1:11:24 Transcript
How Do You Keep Working This Hard Once The Work Is No Longer About Legacy? at 1:14:25 Transcript
Why Does Ari Emanuel Spend Two Hours On A Morning Routine? at 1:17:44 Transcript