Patrick Whitesell
{{short description|American businessman, and executive chairman of Endeavor}}
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| name = Patrick Whitesell
| image = Patrick Whitesell(27449561892) (1).jpg
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| caption = Whitesell in 2016
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|2|4}}
| birth_place = Iowa Falls, Iowa, US
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| alma_mater = Luther College
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| organization = William Morris Endeavor
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| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Lauren Sanchez|2005|2019|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Pia Miller|2021}}
}}
| children = 2
| occupation = Businessman
| family = John Whitesell (brother)
Chris Whitesell (brother)
Sean Whitesell (brother)
Jim Whitesell (brother)
Maria Quiban (sister-in-law)
}}
Patrick Whitesell (born February 4, 1965){{cite web|title=Patrick Whitesell Bio|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925877/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=14 July 2015|date=July 13, 2015}} is an American businessman and executive chairman of Endeavor, an entertainment and media agency.{{cite web | last = Littleton| first = Cynthia | title = WMA, Endeavor approve merger | date = April 27, 2009 | work= Variety | url = https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002879}} He joined the Endeavor Talent Agency as a partner in February 2001, where he was a member of the company’s Executive Committee.{{cite web|last=Brodesser|first=Claude|title=Whitesell exits CAA|url=https://variety.com/2001/biz/news/whitesell-exits-caa-1117794355/|publisher=Variety|accessdate=2 October 2014|date=February 26, 2001}}
Early life
Whitesell was born on February 4, 1965, in Iowa Falls, Iowa. He is the son of Patricia and John Patrick "Jack" Whitesell.[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F79446411081B8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Chicago Sun-Times: "Celebrity Status: Like Rest of Family, Whitesell at Home on Stage -- Only His Is Gentile Center" by Toni Ginnetti] January 30, 2006[http://wcfcourier.com/iowa-falls-family-finds-ties-to-show-business/article_06a06047-7fa4-5d26-a520-e0adfdb7b0c5.html The Courier: "Iowa Falls family finds ties to show business" by Jessica Miller] Mar 12, 2001 His brothers are the late film and television actor Sean Whitesell, Thomas Whitesell, writer Christopher Whitesell, college basketball coach Jim Whitesell, and director John Whitesell.[https://deadline.com/2015/12/television-writer-sean-whitesell-brother-of-wme-agent-patrick-whitesell-dies-at-52-following-battle-with-cancer-1201674530/ Deadline: "Sean Whitesell Dies: Television Writer-Producer And Brother Of WME’s Patrick Whitesell Was 52" by Ross A. Lincoln] December 31, 2015[https://www.thewrap.com/sean-whitesell-tv-writer-and-brother-of-wmes-patrick-whitesell-dead-at-52/ The Wrap: "Sean Whitesell, TV Writer and Brother of WME’s Patrick Whitesell, Dead at 52" by Jeff Sneider] December 31, 2015 Whitesell graduated from Iowa Falls High School in 1983.{{Cite news|first= Erin|last=Silvia |authorlink= |title= Patrick Whitesell: 5 Things To KnowAbout The Man Lauren Sanchez Is Divorcing |newspaper=Hollywood Life|date=April 6, 2019 |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2019/04/06/who-is-patrick-whitesell-lauren-sanchez-ex-husband-divorce-jeff-bezos-scandal-talent-agent/ |accessdate=}} He graduated from Luther College in Iowa in 1987.[https://www.luther.edu/magazine-archive/?story_id=518756&issue_id=518268 Luther Alumni Magazine: "Watch Hugh Jackman onstage at the Iowa Falls, Iowa, theatre recently restored by Patrick Whitesell '87 and his father"] Volume 47, No. 2 Winter 2014 (1/03/14)
Career
Whitesell worked at InterTalent from 1990 to 1992.{{cite news|last=Solomon|first=Deborah|title=Questions for Patrick Whitesell|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/magazine/12Fob-Q4-t.html?_r=1&|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2 October 2014|date=December 10, 2010}} He was an agent at United Talent Agency (UTA), from 1992 to 1995.{{cite web|last=Eller|first=Claudia|title=Ex-ITA exex cut deal to move to UTA|url=https://variety.com/1992/scene/news/ex-ita-exex-cut-deal-to-move-to-uta-101392/|publisher=Variety|accessdate=2 October 2014|date=October 14, 1992}} Whitesell served as head of the talent department of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), from 1995 to 2001.
Whitesell and WME co-CEO Ari Emanuel have been characterized as "rewriting the Hollywood script," and they have been named to Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year list.{{cite web|last=Garrahan|first=Matthew|title=Rewriting the Hollywood script|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c7fd8106-1f6f-11e1-ab49-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1tY1bIPHc|publisher=Financial Times|accessdate=30 April 2012|date=December 6, 2011}}{{cite web|last=P.N.|title=Businessperson of the Year|url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/news/companies/1011/gallery.business_person_year.fortune/50.html|publisher=Fortune|accessdate=30 April 2012|date=November 19, 2010}}
Whitesell is an appointed member of the Governor's California Film Commission and an associate member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.{{cite web|title=Patrick Whitesell Bio|url=http://ieba.org/images/uploads/Patrick_Whitesell_Bio.pdf|accessdate=2 October 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222057/http://ieba.org/images/uploads/Patrick_Whitesell_Bio.pdf|archivedate=3 March 2016}}
Endeavor went public in 2021 with Whitesell owning a stake worth around $480 million according to Bloomberg.{{Cite news|date=2021-04-30|title=Hollywood Super-Agent Emanuel Cashes In With Endeavor Group IPO|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-30/hollywood-super-agent-emanuel-cashes-in-with-endeavor-group-ipo|access-date=2021-04-30}}
He and Ari Emanuel are also co-CEO of IMG, a global sports, events and talent management company headquartered in New York City.{{Cite news|date=2021-04-29|title=Ari Emanuel finally took Endeavor public. Now what?|language=en|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-04-29/endeavor-finally-went-public-how-did-the-ufc-and-talent-agency-owner-fare
|access-date=2022-05-04}}
Personal life
Whitesell resides in Beverly Hills, California. He is divorced from Lauren Sanchez, and has two children.{{cite web |last=Salkin|first=Karen|title=Lauren Sanchez and Patrick Whitesell Welcome a Girl |url=https://people.com/parents/lauren-sanchez-and-patrick-whitesell-welcome-a-girl/ |website=People |accessdate=October 27, 2019 |date=January 15, 2008}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://people.com/parents/lauren-snchez-w/|title=Lauren Sánchez Whitesell and sons attend Second Annual Kidstock Music and Art Festival|website=People |date=2008-06-02 |accessdate=2019-10-27}} On November 28, 2020, he became engaged to Chilean-Australian actress Pia (née Loyola) Miller.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-28|title=Jeff Bezos' Girlfriend's Ex-Husband Rebounds — With Stunning Australian Actress|url=https://okmagazine.com/couples/pia-miller-engaged-patrick-whitesell-jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-ex/|access-date=2020-12-14|website=OK! Magazine|language=en-US}} In May 2021, it was reported that they had married.{{cite web |url=https://radaronline.com/p/home-and-away-pia-loyola-secret-patrick-whitesell-lauren-sanchez-ex/ |title=Hollywood Super Agent Patrick Whitesell's Revenge Marriage With Pia Loyola Exposed Two Years After His Ex-Wife Lauren Sánchez's Affair With Jeff Bezos |last=Vasquez |first=Whitney |date=24 May 2021 |website=Radar Online |publisher=American Media Inc. |access-date=30 May 2021 |quote=}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0925877}}
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Category:People from Iowa Falls, Iowa
Category:Businesspeople from Beverly Hills, California
Category:Luther College (Iowa) alumni
Category:American talent agents