Bryan Lourd
{{short description|American talent agent (born 1960)}}
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| name = Bryan Lourd
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| birth_name = Bryan William Lourd
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|11|5}}
| birth_place = New Iberia, Louisiana, U.S.
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| alma_mater = University of Southern California
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Talent agent
- business executive}}
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| organization = Creative Artists Agency
| boards = InterActiveCorp
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| partner = Carrie Fisher (1991–1994)
| spouse = {{marriage|Bruce Bozzi|2016}}
| children = 2, including Billie
}}
Bryan William Lourd (born November 5, 1960) is an American talent agent. He is the CEO and co-chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
Early life
Bryan William Lourd was born on November 5, 1960, in New Iberia, Louisiana, to Sherion (Brice) (1938-2012) and Harvey H. Lourd Jr. (1938–2011).{{cite web|url=https://www.iberianet.com/obituaries/harvey-h-puffer-lourd-jr/article_05776b60-d00a-11e0-a1c9-001cc4c002e0.html |title=Harvey H. 'Puffer' Lourd Jr.|website=iberianet.com|date=26 August 2011 }} He attended New Iberia Senior High School,{{Cite web|last=Walker|first=Jude|date=June 18, 2018|title=Top 5 Famous People From Iberia Parish|url=https://973thedawg.com/top-5-famous-people-from-iberia-parish/|access-date=2021-08-22|website=97.3 The Dawg|language=en}} and earned a degree from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in 1982.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/bryan-lourd/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919072942/http://www.forbes.com/profile/bryan-lourd/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 19, 2013 |title=Bryan Lourd profile |website=Forbes.com}}
Career
Lourd has been partner, managing director and co-chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) since October 1995.{{Cite news |first=Marshall |last=Heyman |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303650204579377090180079268 |title=Lourd-ing Over Lincoln Center: Star-Studded 'American Songbook' Gala Honoring Bryan Lourd |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 11, 2014}} During the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, he served as a mediator between Patric Verrone, the President of the Writers Guild of America, West and its legal counsel, David Young, and movie executive Peter Chernin and Bob Iger, the chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company.{{cite book|last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |title=TV on Strike: Why Hollywood Went to War Over the Internet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zxr_wqLVzfIC&q=%22bryan+lourd%22+%22beverly+hills%22&pg=PA127 |date=2013 |location=Syracuse, New York |publisher=Syracuse University Press |isbn=978-0-8156-1008-3 |page=127 }} In 2014, he was honored at a gala with many entertainers in New York City.{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2014/scene/vpage/matt-bomer-sings-a-duet-anne-hathaway-plays-air-guitar-in-bryan-lourds-living-room-1201097018/ |title=Matt Bomer Sings a Duet, Anne Hathaway Plays Air Guitar in Bryan Lourd's Living Room |last=Cox |first=Gordon |date=February 10, 2014 |magazine=Variety}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vogue.com/969713/american-songbook-gala-at-lincoln-center/ |title=Lincoln Center's American Songbook Gala Honors Bryan Lourd |last=Malle |first=Chloe |date=February 11, 2014 |magazine=Vogue}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/fashion/Hollywood-Creative-Artists-Agency-Bryan-Lourd.html |title=Southern Gentleman as Hollywood Agent: At a Lincoln Center Gala, Hollywood Honors Bryan Lourd of the Creative Artists Agency |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=February 12, 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
He has served on the board of directors of IAC, an online media company headed by Barry Diller, since 2005.
Personal life
Lourd and actress Carrie Fisher were in a relationship from 1991 to 1994, during which time they identified themselves as being a married couple. Their relationship ended when he left her for a man after realizing he was gay.{{Cite web|date=2009-09-16|title=Carrie Fisher takes reality for a spin - Los Angeles Times|website=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jan-25-ca-avins25-story.html|access-date=2021-10-27|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916155251/http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jan/25/entertainment/ca-avins25|archive-date=2009-09-16}} They have one daughter, actress Billie Lourd, born in 1992.{{Cite book |last=Fisher |first=Carrie |title=Wishful Drinking |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=2009}}
Lourd married Bruce Bozzi, the former co-owner of The Palm (later owned by Landrys Restaurants), on October 12, 2016. Bozzi and Lourd legally adopted Bozzi's daughter, Ava.{{cite web |title=Carrie Fischer's ex and CAA head Bryan Lourd been with boyfriend since 1994, Bruce Bozzi |url=https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2016/10/14/carrie-fischers-ex-and-caa-head-bryan-lourd-marries-boyfriend/21582993/ |accessdate=October 14, 2016 |website=AOL |date=October 14, 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/for-the-heir-to-the-palm-steakhouse-empire-nostalgia-is-a-plate-of-fancy-chicken-nuggets/2018/03/29/fe1959ae-32c8-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.html |title=For the heir to the Palm steakhouse empire, nostalgia is a plate of fancy chicken nuggets |first=Alex |last=Witchel |date=March 30, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} They divide their time between an apartment in the West Village, in Lower Manhattan, New York City, and a house in Beverly Hills, California.
=Philanthropy and public service=
Lourd was elected to the board of trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/03/bryan-lourd-on-lacma-boar_n_993276.html |title=Bryan Lourd on LACMA Board of Trustees |date=October 3, 2011 |website=The Huffington Post}} He serves on the board of directors of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.{{cite web |url=https://www.aboutlincolncenter.org/about/board-of-directors |title=Board of Directors |website=Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts}} He was appointed to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 2009 by President Barack Obama and to the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2015.{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2014/biz/news/bryan-loud-kennedy-center-board-1201314042/ |title=Bryan Lourd Appointed to Kennedy Center Board |last=Johnson |first=Ted |date=September 25, 2014 |magazine=Variety}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/about/kctrustees.html |title=About the Center |website=John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts}} He attended the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in 2013.{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/exclusive-sun-valley-conference-guest-list-includes-chris-christie-tony-blair-mark-zuckerberg-see-complete-list-1200504037/ |title=Sun Valley Conference Guest List Includes Chris Christie, Mark Zuckerberg |last=Abrams |first=Rachel |date=July 2, 2013 |magazine=Variety}}
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