Steve Harvey is an American actor, comedian, television host, author, and radio personality who has had an incredibly successful career in entertainment. He is best known for his work on The Steve Harvey Show, Family Feud, and Little Big Shots.
Harvey was born in Welch, West Virginia, in 1957 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1984, he got his start as a stand-up comedian. That same year, he was a finalist in the Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search. In 1990, Harvey was cast in The Steve Harvey Show, a hit situation comedy that aired on the WB Network.
Harvey became a household name in 2000 when he began hosting the long-running game show Family Feud. For his work, he won seven Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Game Show Host. In 2015, he began hosting Little Big Shots, a show that showcases the talents of children, which also earned him an Emmy nomination.
Harvey has also had a number of acting roles in television and film, including a recurring role on the sitcom The Parkers and a starring role in the movie Johnson Family Vacation. In addition, he has written multiple books, including the New York Times Best Seller Act Like a Lady and Think Like a Man.
Throughout his career, Harvey has been active in charitable works. He created the Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation, which focuses on empowering youth and families, and he is an ambassador for the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign, which provides life-saving bed nets to families in Africa.
Harvey is an incredibly successful entertainer, and his influence can be seen in many different areas of entertainment. His work has been recognized by multiple Emmy Awards and other accolades, and he continues to be an important figure in the industry.
Harvey is also well-known for his ability to make people laugh. He has performed comedy shows across the country and is often featured on late-night talk shows. He is a frequent guest on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and has also hosted the BET Awards and the Miss Universe Pageant.
In addition, Harvey is a regular contributor to the radio show The Steve Harvey Morning Show, which is broadcast in over 70 markets in the United States and around the world. He is also the host of Steve Harvey’s Funderdome, a competition show on ABC that gives inventors the opportunity to pitch their products to a live audience.

Steve

Michael Steven Ovitz (born December 14, 1946) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was a talent agent who co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and served as its chairman until 1995. Ovitz later served as president of The Walt Disney Company from October 1995 to January 1997.&nbsp;
Upon graduating from UCLA, in 1968, with a degree in theater, film, and television, Ovitz secured a job in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency. From there, he left for law school but returned shortly (something William Morris normally did not allow). He was soon promoted, eventually becoming a highly successful television agent. Six years later, he and four other young colleagues left William Morris to found Creative Artists Agency.

Michael

Ken Langone is a co-founder of Home Depot and the founder and chairman of Invemed Associates LLC. He received a B.A. from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He serves on the Board of Overseers of the Stern School and on the Board of Trustees of New York University, as well as serving as chairman of the Board of Trustees of New York University Medical Center.&nbsp;
In addition, he serves on the boards of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Ronald McDonald House of NY, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Horatio Alger Society Foundation, the Harlem Children’s Zone, and its charter school, the Promise Academy. He is also a Knight of Malta and a Knight of St. Gregory.
Langone was born to Italian American working-class parents in Roslyn Heights, New York. His father was a plumber, and his mother was a cafeteria worker. Langone's family has been described as having "a lot of love, but not a lot of money." He was a student at Bucknell University and the New York University Stern School of Business.
In the early 1960s, Langone began his career at a Wall Street financial services company named R.W. Pressprich, where he helped develop a new business. In 1968 Langone met and persuaded Ross Perot to let Pressprich handle Electronic Data Systems's IPO. In 1969, Langone would be named Pressprich's president.

Mindy Kaling is an American actress, comedian, and writer best known for her work on the hit NBC sitcom “The Office” and the Fox comedy “The Mindy Project.” Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1979, Kaling was raised in a close-knit family of Indian immigrants. She attended Dartmouth College, where she studied playwriting and acting and graduated in 2001.
Kaling’s career began in the comedy world, writing for shows such as “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and “The Simpsons.” She eventually joined the writing staff of “The Office” and became a co-executive producer during its final season. She also starred as the character Kelly Kapoor, a position and character she was praised for pioneering as a South Asian actress.
In 2012, Kaling created and starred in the Fox comedy series “The Mindy Project.” As the show’s star and executive producer, Kaling was praised for her work in creating a series that featured a strong female lead, a rarity in the television industry. The series ran for six seasons, with Kaling earning multiple awards and nominations for her writing and acting.
Kaling’s success has extended beyond television, as she has written and starred in two feature films, “The Night Before” and “Late Night.” She also wrote and starred in the Netflix series “Never Have I Ever” and wrote the best-selling memoir “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?”
In recent years, Kaling has become a voice for female empowerment and racial representation in Hollywood. She has spoken out about the need for more diverse representation in the entertainment industry and works to ensure her own projects reflect these values. Kaling is a role model for women around the world and proves that hard work and dedication can lead to success.

Mindy

Tim Ferriss is an American author, entrepreneur, and public speaker. He is best known for his bestselling book, The 4-Hour Workweek, and for his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. Ferriss has been featured in the Time 100 Most Influential People list and has been recognized as one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Business People."
Ferriss was born in East Hampton, New York, in 1977. He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and graduated from Princeton University with a degree in East Asian Studies in 2000. After college, he worked in sales and marketing for a data storage company before starting his own business, BrainQUICKEN, which he eventually sold.
In 2007, Ferriss wrote The 4-Hour Workweek, which became an international bestseller. The book proposed a new way of working that focused on efficiency and productivity and encouraged readers to pursue their dreams and passions. The book was credited with launching the "lifestyle design" movement and has been translated into 35 languages.
In 2010, Ferriss launched his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which is now one of the most popular podcasts in the world. He interviews high-profile guests from various fields, including business, sports, and entertainment. Ferriss has also written several other books, including The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans, and Tribe of Mentors.
Ferriss has been an active investor, advisor, and board member for a number of companies, including Uber, Evernote, Shopify, and Duolingo. He is a founding member of the Silicon Valley investment firm K9 Ventures and is also a venture partner at the venture capital firm Collaborative Fund.
Ferriss is active in the philanthropic community and has been involved with a number of charities, including DonorsChoose.org, The International Rescue Committee, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation. He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative.

Adam Grant is an American psychologist and author widely known for his work on the science of giving, creativity, and organizational psychology. He is the top-rated professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a former professor at the University of Michigan. His first book, Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success, was a New York Times bestseller.
Grant is a leading authority on the science of giving, creativity, and organizational psychology. He has written or co-written six books, including Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World and Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. He has also written for The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, Harvard Business Review, and other publications.
Grant's research focuses on how giving, taking, and exchanging advice affects an individual’s success. He has studied how to maximize the benefits of giving, how to encourage more successful collaborations, and how to foster an environment of innovation and creativity. He has also explored how to assess and develop leadership potential within organizations and how to build workplace cultures where employees are empowered to do their best work.
Grant has received numerous awards and honors, including being named one of the world's 40 most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50 in 2015, one of the world's 50 most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50 in 2018, and one of the world's most influential management gurus by The Observer in 2018. He is a recipient of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Mentoring and was named the Most Influential Thinker of the Decade by Poets &amp; Quants in 2020.
In addition to his academic and writing career, Grant is a frequent speaker for organizations, universities, and conferences around the world. He has presented to audiences of thousands at TEDx events, and he has been featured on television and radio programs such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, 60 Minutes, and NPR’s Fresh Air. He has also served as a visiting professor at Stanford, Cornell, and INSEAD, and he is currently a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.

Adam

Sam Walton, in full Samuel Moore Walton (born March 29, 1918, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, U.S.—died April 5, 1992, Little Rock, Arkansas), American retail magnate who founded Walmart in 1962 and developed it, by 1990, into the largest retail sales chain in the United States.
Walton graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in economics (1940) and entered a J.C. Penney Company management training program in Des Moines, Iowa. He opened his own Ben Franklin variety (five-and-dime) store in Newport, Arkansas, in 1945 and relocated the store to Bentonville, Arkansas, five years later. By the early 1960s, he and his brother, James, operated a regional chain of Ben Franklin stores. When that company’s executives rejected his concept for a new discount store chain to be based in small towns, Walton decided to set up such a chain on his own. He opened the first Walmart store, Wal-Mart Discount City, in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962, offering a wide variety of merchandise at discount prices in a no-frills setting. (In 2018, the company’s name was changed to Walmart.)

Adam Braun is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder &amp; CEO of Climate Club, the leading employee sustainability platform that empowers companies and their people to drive sustainable impact. He is also the Founder, Chairman, and original CEO of Pencils of Promise, the award-winning organization that has built nearly 600 schools around the world. He previously served as Founder &amp; CEO of the post-secondary learning company MissionU and pioneered hybrid remote learning.&nbsp;
He was named one of FastCompany’s 50 Most Innovative Companies before being acquired by WeWork in 2018. He has been featured as a speaker at The White House, the United Nations, and dozens of industry associations, universities, and Fortune 500 companies. He has also been named to Business Insider’s 40 Under 40, Wired Magazine‘s 50 People Who Are Changing the World and was selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s original ten Global Shapers.&nbsp;
Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while traveling abroad as a college student, he met a young boy begging on the streets of India, who, when asked what he wanted most in the world, simply answered, “a pencil.” This small request became the inspiration for Pencils of Promise, the organization Braun would leave Bain &amp; Company several years later to start with just $25.&nbsp;
Using his unique “for-purpose” approach, the organization has now raised more than $75M to address global education. Through his work across the full spectrum of education, Braun has combined his passion for mission-driven impact to support children and adults in the pursuit of unlocking their greatest potential. Braun graduated from Brown University and has been a frequent speaker delivering an inspiring message on purpose-driven innovation, personal and professional growth, education and sustainability leadership.&nbsp;
He avidly engages with his social media following of over 900,000 people and has received the nation’s most prestigious award for public service, the Jefferson Award. His book The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change debuted at #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list and went on to become a #1 national bestseller.

Daniel Meyer (born March 14, 1958) is a New York City restaurateur and the Founder &amp; Executive Chairman of the Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG). Meyer was born and raised in a reform Jewish family in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended John Burroughs School. Meyer’s grandfather was a prominent Chicago businessman and philanthropist, Irving B. Harris. Meyer attended Camp Nebagamon for boys as a child in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin.&nbsp;
During college, Meyer worked for his father as a tour guide in Rome and then returned there to study international politics. Meyer was a Brother of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity while at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. After graduating from Trinity in 1980 with a degree in political science, Meyer worked in Chicago as Cook County field director for John Anderson's 1980 independent presidential campaign. Meyer gained his first restaurant experience in 1984 as an assistant manager at Pesca, an Italian seafood restaurant in the Flatiron District of New York City.&nbsp;
He then returned to Europe to study cooking as a culinary stagiaire in Italy and Bordeaux, France. In 1985, at age 27, Meyer opened his first restaurant, Union Square Cafe. Meyer's other restaurants and businesses include Gramercy Tavern, Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard, Shake Shack, The Modern, Cafe 2 and Terrace 5 at MoMA, Maialino at the Gramercy Park Hotel, Untitled at the North End Grill, Marta, Porchlight, GreenRiver, Union Square Events, and Hospitality Quotient.&nbsp;
Union Square Events, USHG's catering division, operates several concessions at major sports facilities, including Citi Field, Saratoga Race Course, and Nationals Park. In 2010, Meyer suffered his first restaurant closure, Tabla. In a statement, Meyer blamed the closure on the specificity of the Indian cuisine offered by the restaurant. That same year, Meyer participated in a documentary called "The Restaurateur." In late 2011, Union Square Hospitality Group sold Eleven Madison Park to its chef Daniel Humm and front-of-house director, Will Guidara. In 2018, North End Grill closed.
In 2015, Meyer announced that he would eliminate tipping at all of his restaurants. The move increased prices by approximately 21 percent, leading to large portions of his staff leaving the company. Meyer co-wrote The Union Square Cafe Cookbook (HarperCollins, 1994) with his business partner, Chef Michael Romano. The book earned the IACP Julia Child Award for the best new cookbook by a first-time author and was followed up with the highly acclaimed Second Helpings from Union Square Cafe (HarperCollins, 2001).&nbsp;
Meyer also wrote The New York Times bestseller Setting the Table (HarperCollins, 2006), which examines the power of hospitality in restaurants, business, and life. In May 2009, Meyer's restaurants released a cocktail cookbook, Mix Shake Stir (Little, Brown), featuring 140 recipes and tips, anecdotes, and photography.

Danny

Sophia Amoruso is a businesswoman and author best known for founding and building the retail company Nasty Gal. Born in San Diego, California, in 1984, Amoruso began her career as a college dropout, working various jobs such as a security guard and a bike messenger. In 2006, she started selling vintage clothing on eBay under Nasty Gal Vintage, eventually growing the business into a successful online retail store.
Amoruso is also the author of the bestselling book "Girlboss," which chronicles her rise to success and the lessons she learned along the way. The book was released in 2014 and was named one of the best books of the year by Forbes, Fortune, and Time Magazine. It was also adapted into a Netflix series in 2017.
In addition to her work with Nasty Gal, Amoruso has also been recognized for her business acumen and leadership skills. She has been featured on Forbes' "30 Under 30" list and was named one of Inc.'s "Coolest Young Entrepreneurs."
In 2015, Amoruso stepped down as the CEO of Nasty Gal but remained an active member of the company's board. She also started Girlboss Media, a media and events company that aims to empower women and young people.
In addition to her business ventures, Amoruso is also known for her philanthropic work. She is a vocal advocate for women's rights and gender equality and has been involved in several initiatives and organizations that support these causes. For example, she is an ambassador for the Pussyhat Project, which supports women's rights and gender equality. She also sits on the board of the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization, which aims to promote women's entrepreneurship and empower women to start and grow their businesses.
Amoruso is also active in the creative community. She is a frequent speaker and panelist at events and conferences and has been invited to speak at prestigious institutions such as Harvard Business School and the Oxford Union. She is also a mentor to many young entrepreneurs and has been involved in several mentorship programs.
In her personal life, Amoruso is known for her unique style, which is often described as a mix of vintage and bohemian. She is also a self-proclaimed lover of books and is known to be a voracious reader. She also has a great interest in art and music.
Amoruso has had some challenges in her career. In 2017, Nasty Gal filed for bankruptcy, and she stepped down as the CEO. Despite this, she has continued to be an influential figure in the business world, and her story inspires many young entrepreneurs. She has shown that with hard work, determination, and a willingness to take risks, it is possible to build a successful business and positively impact the world.

Sophia

As the first female wrestler on her high school boys’ team, Cat owns the school record for getting pinned the most and fastest. Her bruises and losses prepared her to come alongside others who need to be “scraped off the mat,” shined up, and put back in the fight.
Cat’s underdog spirit led her to launch three groundbreaking organizations: Hustle 2.0, Defy Ventures, and Prison Entrepreneurship Program In 16 years, 8,500 incarcerated people have graduated from her programs. Her efforts have led 7,000 executives, entrepreneurs, and investors to volunteer as mentors and employers. The programs reduce violence and have produced industry-leading recidivism rates of less than 8%.
Cat was named a #MakeTechHuman Agent of Change by WIRED and Nokia for being one of “17 Global Influencers Expanding Human Possibility Through Technology.” She has received the MDC Partners Humanitarian Award on behalf of Defy Ventures and was included in Forbes’ 40 women to watch over 40 She was also named by Fast Company as one of the 100 most creative people in business and received an Ashoka Fellowship.&nbsp;

Catherine

Yvon Chouinard is an American rock climber, environmentalist, philanthropist, and outdoor industry businessman. His company, Patagonia, is known for its commitment to protecting the environment. Chouinard is also a surfer, kayaker, and falconer and is particularly fond of tenkara fly-fishing. He has written about climbing issues and ethics and on mixing environmentalism and business.
Chouinard's father was a French Canadian handyman, mechanic, and plumber. In 1947, Yvon and his family moved from Lewiston, Maine, to Southern California. They were Catholic. His early climbing partners included Royal Robbins and Tom Frost. A Sierra Club member, in his youth, he founded the Southern California Falconry Club, and it was his investigations of falcon Aeris that led him to rock climbing. To save money and make adaptations to the way he was climbing, he decided to make his own climbing tools, teach himself blacksmithing, and eventually start a business.

Yvon

Antonio García Martínez is an entrepreneur, investor, writer, and tech industry veteran. He has had a long and varied career, beginning in the early days of the dot-com boom and continuing today. Early in his career, Antonio worked in a variety of roles at companies such as Apple, Microsoft, and Goldman Sachs.
At Apple, Antonio held a variety of positions, including working on the retail side of the business, developing software, and helping to launch the Apple Store. At Microsoft, Antonio was involved in the development of a number of products, including Windows 95 and Windows 98. After leaving Microsoft, Antonio founded Adify, a venture-backed ad network that WPP eventually acquired.
More recently, Antonio has become an investor, author, and thought leader in the technology and venture capital industries. He has invested in a variety of startups, including Twitter, Uber, and Stripe. He is also the author of the book Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley, which chronicles his experiences in the tech industry.
In addition to his work as an investor and author, Antonio is a sought-after speaker and thought leader. He has appeared on the TED stage, as well as at conferences including SXSW, DLD, and TechCrunch Disrupt. Antonio is often called upon to provide his expertise and insight into the tech industry, as well as his views on the current state of venture capital and startups.
Overall, Antonio García Martínez is an accomplished entrepreneur, investor, author, and thought leader. His wealth of experience and knowledge from working in and around the tech industry, combined with his excellent communication skills, make him a highly sought-after individual in the industry.

Antonio García

Jake Knapp is an inventor, designer, and author. He is most well-known for inventing the Design Sprint, a five-day process for solving problems and creating new products, services, and strategies. He is also a New York Times bestselling author, having written two books, Sprint and Make Time.&nbsp;
As a design thinker, Jake has worked with some of the world’s leading companies, such as Slack, LEGO, IDEO, and NASA. He has coached on design strategy and time management, helping these companies take their products and services from ideas to reality.
An advocate of the design-thinking approach, Jake has been a keynote speaker at conferences and workshops around the world. He has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Wired, and Forbes and has been invited to TEDx and Google's Zeitgeist conferences to discuss his methodologies.
Jake is currently a Design Partner at Google Ventures, where he helps companies use design sprints to create innovative products and services. He also serves as a lecturer at Stanford University's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, where he teaches Design Thinking and Design Sprints.
Jake has a passion for creating and innovating, and his approach to design has helped countless companies realize their potential. He is a firm believer that with the right combination of processes, people, and tools, any problem can be solved.

Jake

Scott Harrison (born 18 September 1973) is a British novelist, scriptwriter, playwright, and film writer. Between 2002 and 2005, he was writer-in-residence for the York-based professional theatre company The Dreaming. He also co-produced and occasionally acted in several of its productions.
He has written Star Trek books for Simon &amp; Schuster and tie-in novels for games developer Capcom, as well as a number of audio plays and novels for various Big Finish Productions. Between 2012 and 2014, he edited a range of short-story anthologies.
In April 2014, his audio play Sometimes Never, starring Simon Jones and Rosalyn Landor, won the Best Drama Award in New York, while in May of the same year, the portmanteau audio horror anthology THIRTEEN, which Harrison devised, edited, and wrote the narrating story for, won an Audie Award for Best Original Work.
He also provides film essays and audio commentaries for several blu-ray companies, including the BFI, Eureka! Video and Second Sight Films in the UK and Imprint Films in Australia.

Scott

Jocko Willink is an American retired Navy Seal officer, author, podcaster, and public speaker. He is best known for his involvement in the Battle of Ramadi, his success in the Navy SEALs, and his leadership philosophy, which is based on discipline, hard work, and respect for others.
Willink was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, on September 8, 1971. He joined the Navy in 1990 and, after graduating from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, was assigned to SEAL Team 3. During his service in the Navy, Willink completed multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and was eventually assigned to Task Unit Bruiser, the most decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War. During the Battle of Ramadi, Willink and his team helped to clear the city of insurgent forces, and their exemplary performance earned them the Navy Cross.
Willink retired from the Navy in 2010 and soon after began to share his leadership philosophy. He has authored several books, including Extreme Ownership, Leadership Strategy and Tactics, and Way of the Warrior Kid, as well as co-hosting the popular podcast Jocko Podcast.
Willink is also a respected public speaker, giving talks all over the world on topics such as leadership, discipline, and team building. He is a sought-after keynote speaker for both corporate and military events.
Willink is an advocate for physical and mental fitness, often speaking about the importance of proper nutrition and exercise. He also encourages people to push themselves and strive to become the best versions of themselves.
Willink is a highly respected figure in the military and business worlds, and his words have been an inspiration to many. His leadership philosophy is one that emphasizes discipline, hard work, and respect for others, and these values are ones that have served him well throughout his career.

Jocko

James

In The Powerhouse, bestselling co-author of Live from New York and Those Guys Have All the Funtells the astonishing—and astonishingly entertaining—history of CAA’s transformation over the past five decades as seen through the agency at the heart of it all.  Beginning with CAA’s founding in 1975 by five bright and brash employees of a creaky William Morris office who left to open their own, remarkably innovative talent agency, this is a story of how that company rose to revolutionize the entertainment industry and over the next several decades its tentacles spread aggressively throughout the worlds of movies, television, music, advertising, and investment banking. 

Joel Connolly is Head of Community at Blackbird Ventures, an Australian venture capital fund, and a former talent manager and craft beer festival director. Joel organizes and runs Blackbird's annual Sunrise festival, bringing together the best founders and ideas in the country. Blackbird has invested in some of Australia's most successful startups, including Autopilot, Canva, Coinjar, Dovetail, Redbubble, and SafetyCulture.
Before Blackbird, Connolly co-founded and was Festival Director for Sydney Craft Beer Week. He grew the program from 6 events to 140 and played a significant role in the growth of the craft beer segment in Australia. Connolly also co-founded and ran Umbrella Artist Management. In addition, he has managed Platinum-selling Australian bands, including The Rubens, Cloud Control, and Urthboy.

Joel

null

In Powerhouse, James Andrew Miller shows us the importance of collaboration in the entertainment industry. He explores how Creative Artists Agency (CAA) became a dominant force by fostering a culture of teamwork and shared success. It's a great reminder that we can achieve more together than we can alone.

The Power of Collaboration

Miller highlights how CAA revolutionized the industry by introducing new business models and strategies. They weren't afraid to take risks and innovate, which ultimately led to their success. This book encourages us to embrace change and think outside the box.

The Role of Innovation

Powerhouse provides a deep look into the leadership styles of CAA's founders and how they influenced the agency's growth. It's a fascinating study of how effective leadership can shape an organization and drive it forward.

The Impact of Leadership

One key takeaway from Powerhouse is the value of building and maintaining strong relationships. The book explores how CAA's relationships with clients, competitors, and each other played a crucial role in their success. It's a reminder to invest time and effort into our relationships.

The Importance of Relationships

In his book, Miller shows us that success doesn't come overnight. CAA faced numerous challenges and setbacks, but they remained persistent and never gave up. This book inspires us to stay determined and keep pushing, no matter what obstacles we face.

The Power of Persistence

Powerhouse

James Andrew Miller is an American investigative journalist. He has worked for The Washington Post as a reporter, Special Assistant, and Chief Speechwriter to Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker and Executive VP of Original Programming for USA Network. He is known for his best-selling books told in an oral history format of subjects, including Saturday Night Live, ESPN, and the Creative Artists Agency.&nbsp;
After working for Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, Miller wrote his first bestseller, Running in Place: Inside the Senate. He then attended Harvard Business School and obtained an MBA. Over his career, Miller refined an investigative journalism technique of crafting his books as oral histories where interviews unfold the history of a subject.&nbsp;
Miller commented on his unique investigative style, "I love looking at organizations and studying and reporting on how they operate, what the culture is inside, and how the strategy changes over the course of a company’s life. You can give readers a sense of what goes on behind the curtains."
Saturday Night Live was the subject of Life From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests and garnered Miller exposure as it spent 15 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
Miller has been called the 'historian' of ESPN, and he released a detailed oral history in 2011 called Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN. He also interviewed former ESPN president John Skipper after his hasty exit from ESPN.
Miller's first book about Hollywood, Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency, centered on the rise of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA). In 2017 Miller launched a new podcast with DGital Media called 'Origins' that explores media property development. Subjects have included Sex and the City and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Miller announced in 2019 that his next project would be an oral history of media giant HBO.

James Andrew Miller

Best author’s book

Powerhouse

Written books

Powerhouse

Similar authors

Steve Harvey

Michael Ovitz

Ken Langone

Mindy Kaling

Tim Ferriss

Adam Grant

Sam Walton

Adam Braun

Danny Meyer

Sophia Amoruso

Catherine Hoke

Yvon Chouinard

Antonio García Martínez

Jake Knapp

Scott Harrison

Jocko Willink

Books

Achievers

Topics

Libraries

Blog

About

Contact

Terms