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.

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.

Ari Emanuel, the new executive chairman of WME Group, is taking out $175.8 million in cash as Endeavor is acquired by Silver Lake Partners. The transaction announced this morning creates a private ...

Ari Emanuel converted a portion of his ownership interest in Endeavor into a cash payment of $173.8 million with Silver Lake’s deal to take the company private, according to a regulatory filing.

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

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

When Endeavor yanked its IPO on Thursday, the move marked a rare and humbling stumble for Hollywood power agent Ari Emanuel, and left questions about what’s next for his firm. Sept. 30 ...

Was all the merging and acquisitioning worth the effort for Ari Emanuel and WME, which is now back to focusing on agenting?

By Alex Weprin Media & Business Writer Endeavor executives Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell received nine-figure cash payments in connection Silver Lake’s take-private of the company ...

Ari Emanuel, who founded the talent agency in 1995 and most recently served as CEO of Endeavor, is now executive chairman of WME Group. He also continues as CEO and executive chair of TKO Group.