50 Most Influential: No. 12 — Ari Emanuel / Patrick Whitesell

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Co-CEO

WME-IMG

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Co-CEO

WME-IMG

CHANGE FROM 2014: -5

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t’s been more than a year since Emanuel and Whitesell, the company’s co-chief executives, closed the acquisition of IMG, and they’ve been aggressively looking for ways to bolt on new businesses ever since. WME-IMG acquired 12 companies in 2015 in areas that included bull riding, e-sports, food festivals, music and talent management.

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