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American businessman (born 1946)

Michael Steven Ovitz (born December 14, 1946) is an American businessman. He was a talent agent who co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995.

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Ovitz later served as president of The Walt Disney Company for only 16 months, from October 1995 to January 1997.

Early life and education

Ovitz was born to a Romanian Jewish family^[1][2][3] in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a liquor wholesaler.

Raised in Encino, California, he was student body president at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, a classmate of Sally Field and Michael Milken. While a pre-med student at the University of California, Los Angeles and president of Zeta Beta Tau, he began his entertainment career as a part-time tour guide at Universal Studios.^[4]

Career

Upon graduating from UCLA, in 1968, with a degree in theater, film, and television, Ovitz secured a job in the