1. Casey Wasserman is an entertainment executive and sports agent.
11 Facts About Casey Wasserman
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Casey Wasserman is the founder and CEO of Wasserman, a sports marketing and talent agency, the chairman of LA28, the 2028 LA Olympics organizing committee, and a leader of the January 2025 Southern California wildfires philanthropic recovery initiative.
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Casey Wasserman has used the surname Wasserman since he was 18.
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Casey Wasserman graduated from UCLA in 2000 with a BA in political science.
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In 1998, Casey Wasserman purchased the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League.
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Casey Wasserman paid about $5 million for the franchise rights.
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Casey Wasserman made an unsuccessful bid to sign up enough athletes in BMX, skateboarding and freestyle motocross to form PGA-like sanctioning bodies in those sports.
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In 2023, Casey Wasserman bought themanagement production company, Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
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Casey Wasserman successfully led Los Angeles' bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics and will head the city's Olympic organizing committee.
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Casey Wasserman co-chaired a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on August 22,2016.
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Casey Wasserman is separated from music supervisor Laura Ziffren Wasserman, whose grandfather Paul Ziffren was a Democratic Party leader and chair of the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics Organizing Committee.