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Patrick Whitesell
Executive Chairman
Endeavor
THE LATEST: A difficult stretch at Endeavor, including a failed initial public offering last fall, became even more challenging when the coronavirus pandemic prompted significant layoffs at both Endeavor and the company's WME talent agency. Whitesell and fellow Endeavor executive Ariel Emanuel said they will forgo their salaries for the remainder of 2020.
BACKGROUND: Whitesell and Emanuel created WME Entertainment in 2009 when they merged their Endeavor agency with William Morris. In 2014 they struck a deal with IMG to create WME IMG (now Endeavor), an entertainment, sports, fashion, media and events company. Before Endeavor, Whitesell worked at United Talent Agency and Creative Artists Agency. His clients include Ben Affleck, Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington.
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