Patrick Whitesell and Ari Emanuel during a 2006 Pre ... That deal required Endeavor to divest itself of the WME Sports’ football representation department which is made up of eleven agents ...

Meanwhile, as Endeavor is expected to finalize going from public to private company status by the private equity giant Silver Lake on Monday, Emanuel is looking to step aside as CEO. Whitesell is ...

Emanuel will become executive chairman of the newly-named WME Group, Mark Shapiro will lead it as president and managing director, while Whitesell exits to launch a new Silver Lake-backed venture.

Endeavor is now a private company as the $25 billion acquisition by Silver Lake was completed on Monday, marked by a ...

WME Football will be owned by Endeavor Exec. Chairman Patrick Whitesell personally, though he intends to bring in agents and ...

Endeavor's $25 billion go-private deal with Silver Lake closed. Ari Emanuel is giving up the CEO role, with the renamed WME Group led by Mark Shapiro.

The Silver Lake-backed media venture's first investment comes after the private equity firm closed its deal to take Endeavor ...

Silver Lake, Endeavor's longtime investor, closed its acquisition of the company led by Ari Emanuel and is taking it private.

Silver Lake completed its Endeavor acquisition and renamed it WME Group. The private equity firm says the company's all-in value is $25 billion.

Endeavor Executive Chairman Patrick Whitesell is set to leave the company he co-created and led with Ari Emanuel, taking with him the football division of WME Sports, which he is buying from ...

Whitesell will exit the agency to run two different ventures — an NFL sports management company that he spun off from WME and a sports ... to his departure. Patrick Whitesell and Ari Emanuel ...