Farnam Street1/29/2026

Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power

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Michael Ovitz co-founded CAA and helped reshape Hollywood, then took the same playbook into tech investing and advising founders. Featured clips How People Go Wrong Meeting Marc Andreessen Failure The Genius of Patrick Collison Available Now: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | X | Transcript In this conversation, he breaks down the operating rules that kept CAA from losing clients, and the personal disciplines that kept him grounded when the stakes got massive. You’ll learn how to build...