Chief Executive, Co-Chair
Creative Artists Agency
Bryan Lourd, chief executive and co-chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), joined the agency in 1988. Seven years later, he became one of the three partners who took over in 1995 and was tapped to be chief executive after brokering a deal with French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault’s Artémis investment firm, valued at some $7 billion. Among his A-list clients are Scarlett Johansson and George Clooney. Lourd serves on the boards of Roybal School of Film and TV Production, Clooney Foundation for Justice, InterActiveCorp (IAC), Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the American Film Institute (AFI) and Sean Penn’s CORE. A native of Louisiana, Lourd attended the University of Southern California, earning degrees in journalism and international relations.
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