$TKO TKO Group Holdings Tape Reports
Per Ticker.id: $TKO TKO Group Holdings Tape Reports — 1 podcast mention across 1 podcast (30 days), latest 2026-08-12 20:30 UTC.
So the idea was, you know, when we took Endeavor private, essentially what we— what that effectively did was kind of we dismantled the company and essentially sold everything but our ownership interest in WME, the talent agency, and our position in TKO, which is now around 60 1%. But everything else that we ran and sat on, we sold. And so effectively kind of eliminated the job. And going forward and looking at the next chapter, I didn't really want to start, you know, a new company right away. And one of the things Egon Durban and I talked about, we had a really great long relationship with Silver Lake. Everything we kind of did at Endeavor was really fueled by them and with their partnership. And so out of that, I talked to Egon. He goes, well, why don't we just keep investing in the field that you're in? You know, kind of entertainment, sports, content, the things that I've kind of spent my, you know, 30 years in, but on a much smaller level, you know. So we just started with $250 million, and the idea was to make, you know, kind of $20 to $100 million investments in different things that were in our sector and help companies that I could, you know, have some influence on, help build. And so that's kind of what the whole thesis is around Whitesell, the investment company. And then the other part of it is when Egon bought the Raiders or invested into the Raiders, I should say, we had a WME at a football representation business. And per the league, you can't be a buyer and a seller. So, right. I took that entire group out and started Wynn Sports, which is predominantly a football agency. We're starting to do a little bit of golf too, but it's really focused on building a really great dynamic football agency. And we have also a handful of artists in there, of clients of mine that I've worked with forever. Of actors predominantly and directors that just have been longtime clients. So they're also part of it. But the investment that we put into Alex Cooper's company came from Whitesell. Got it.
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