WME / IMG: "We’re ahead of the plan by at least 12 to 18 months" (Ari Emanuel, CEO)

"We’re in great shape right now. We’re ahead of the plan by at least 12 to 18 months,” Ari Emanuel said. “We will hit every number, we will exceed every number that was planned," stated Ari Emanuel, CEO of the WME / IMG agency, the American career management, marketing and audiovisual rights group, at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen (Colorado, USA) on 13/07/2015.

WME (William Morris Endeavor Entertainment), a leading artist representation agency in the US and Europe (specialising in music, literature and film) and the investment company Silver Lake Partners, acquired IMG Worldwide for $2.3bn (€1.7bn) on 18/12/2013.

• "When we started with the business (IMG) was 70% representation and 30% in ownership of assets. We’re going to shift that about 5% to 10%. Buying businesses that we can own and operate as opposed to represent is crucial to how we’re going to create the mix of things we do," stated Ari Emanuel.
  • IMG has acquired, for example, Professional Bull Riders, an American professional league for rodeo events, on 15/04/2015.
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