Patrick Whitesell (born February 4, 1965) is an American businessman and executive chairman of Endeavor, an entertainment and media agency. He joined the Endeavor Talent Agency as a partner in February 2001, where he was a member of the company’s Executive Committee.
Early life
Whitesell was born on February 4, 1965, in
Iowa Falls, Iowa
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Sean Whitesell
Sean Whitesell (March 11, 1963 – December 28, 2015) was an American film and television actor, writer and producer.
Early life and education
Whitesell was born in Iowa Falls, Iowa,Christopher Whitesell, college basketball coach Jim Whitesell, and director
John Whitesell
John Patrick Whitesell is an American television and film director. He has directed numerous films such as '' Calendar Girl'', '' Big Momma's House 2'' and '' Holidate''. He started his career as a film director in 1993.
Early life and education ...
Whitesell worked at InterTalent from 1990 to 1992. He was an agent at
United Talent Agency
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(UTA), from 1992 to 1995. Whitesell served as head of the talent department of
Creative Artists Agency
Creative Artists Agency, LLC (CAA) is an American talent and sports agency based in Los Angeles, California. With 1,800 employees in March 2016, it is regarded as an influential company in the talent agency business and manages numerous client ...
(CAA), from 1995 to 2001.
Whitesell and WME co-CEO
Ari Emanuel
Ariel Zev Parmar Emanuel (born March 29, 1961) is an American businessman and the CEO of Endeavor, an entertainment and media agency, as well as CEO and executive chairman of TKO Group Holdings, which owns the UFC and WWE. He was a founding ...
have been characterized as "rewriting the Hollywood script," and they have been named to Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year list.
Whitesell is an appointed member of the Governor's California Film Commission and an associate member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
Endeavor went public in 2021 with Whitesell owning a stake worth around $480 million according to ''Bloomberg''.
He and Ari Emanuel are also co-CEO of
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, a global sports, events and talent management company headquartered in New York City.
Personal life
Whitesell resides in
Beverly Hills, California
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. He is divorced from Lauren Sanchez, and has two children. On November 28, 2020, he became engaged to Chilean-Australian actress Pia (née Loyola) Miller. In May 2021, it was reported that they had married.