1974 — Born Casey Myers
1981 — Parents Jack Myers and Lynne Wasserman divorce
1995 — Changes surname from Myers to Wasserman
1995 — Receives a multimillion-dollar trust fund, according to a published report. Grandfather Lew Wasserman makes him president of the family’s charitable foundation.
1996 — Graduates from UCLA with a political science degree
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In 2002 with Ed Roski (left) and Tim Leiweke, discussing plans for an NFL stadium in L.A.
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1996-1998 — Serves as vice president of entertainment and finance at Nomura Asset Capital Corp.
1998 — An investment group led by Wasserman pays $5 million for the expansion AFL Los Angeles Avengers, making him the youngest owner of a professional sports team in the U.S.
2001 — Marries Laura Ziffren
2002 — Launches Wasserman Media Group
2002 — Acquires roughly a third of Los
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Wasserman in 2003, a year of action sports acquisitions.
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Angeles-based sports marketing agency Envision, specializing in naming-rights deals
2002 — Lew Wasserman dies at the age of 89
2003 — Son Emmet is born
2003 — Acquires action sports agency The Familie, which represents approximately 20 athletes, including motocross rider Carey Hart and skateboarder Bob Burnquist
2003 — WMG acquires Action Sports Management, expanding its holdings in action
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With Arn Tellem, president of WMG Management, in 2006.
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sports athlete representation.
2004 — Acquires California-based 411 Productions, which produces action sports magazines
2005 — Daughter Stella is born
2006 — Arn Tellem purchases the majority of SFX Sports Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Live Nation, for $12 million in cash, and is named president of WMG Management.
2006 — Acquires soccer athlete representation practice SportsNet. The agency, with offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., represents about 60 clients. SportsNet principals Richard Motzkin and Dan Segal are named to co-manage WMG’s new soccer practice.
2006 — Acquires the baseball player representation practice of veteran agents Tom Reich and Adam Katz, creating one of
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With golf client Rickie Fowler. Wasserman began representing golfers in 2008.
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the largest MLB player practices as Reich and Katz represent about 35 MLB players who join WMG’s baseball portfolio of 25 MLB players.
2007 — Announces a programming and marketing partnership with the United Sports Alliance, a joint venture that will see USA Swimming, Track & Field and Gymnastics license out their media, event and marketing rights to WMG. In return, WMG will construct a new and standalone website for each and handle all of their sponsorship sales. Although the agreement was to run through 2012, all three NGBs leave the pact less than two years later.
2007 — Acquires Gary Stevenson’s agency OnSport, whose corporate clients include American Express, Nationwide Insurance, Nokia and Wachovia
2008 — WMG gets into golf by signing its first golf clients, Hunter Mahan, Matt Jones and Vicky Hurst.
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With former President Bill Clinton and Tim Leiweke in 2011.
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2009 — Wasserman exits the AFL, as the Avengers terminate their membership in the league after the AFL suspended the 2009 season to devise a new business model.
2011 — Grandmother Edie Wasserman dies at the age of 95
2012 — WMG signs Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, its first future NFL player, for exclusive representation.
2012 — WMG receives an investment of approximately $25 million from Highbridge
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With Peter Chernin and Comcast’s Brian Roberts in 2015.
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Capital Management. Wasserman buys out Highbridge in late 2013.
2012 — Acquires Catalyst Sponsorship Consulting, a Toronto-based golf agency
2013 — Acquires Ignite, a London-based agency specializing in marketing built around live entertainment events
2013 — A landmark year for WMG’s rep business, as the agency represents the No. 1 overall draft pick in five professional sports: men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, soccer and football.
2014 — Wasserman assumes leadership of L.A.’s 2024 Summer Olympics bid.
2014 — WMG receives a $100 million investment from Silicon Valley-based Madrone Capital Partners, an investment group funded by the Walmart-founding Walton family.
2015 — Acquires New York-based social media agency Laundry Service in a move that gives WMG access to Laundry Service’s network of more than 1,000 social media influencers
2015 — Tellem leaves WMG to become vice chair of Palace Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Detroit Pistons. Tellem’s role is not filled.
2015 — Acquires Greg Norman’s golf event management firm, the Greg Norman Production Co., which operates several major golf events
2015 — The U.S. Olympic Committee selects Los Angeles as its U.S. Olympic bid city for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
2016 — WMG is rebranded as Wasserman. The company introduces a new logo with a single “W.”
