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...The management team that succeeded them in 1995 included Messrs Lourd, Huvane and Lovett: they diversified the company into sports representation, brand consulting, licensing and investment banking....
...More than 70 per cent of its $3.6bn revenue last year came from creating or licensing original content, according to securities filings....
...He points to IMG, the sports agency founded by Mark McCormack — then the market leader in sports representation, saying he had to start small....
...In January, the group invested in Bruin Sports Capital, which aims to spend $250m buying sports rights and is led by George Pyne, the former president of IMG’s sports and entertainment division....
...These include: Learfield Sports, a college sports rights and marketing agency; Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network, a television network; and Ironman, an international triathlon competition....
...Mr Durban says size has worked to WME-IMG’s advantage. “It reminds me of when I graduated from college and worked at Morgan Stanley....
...Like Saunders, Rocha also benefited from deep study — her college dissertation was on the French sculptor and artist....
...Though the potential of IMG’s sports properties hogged the headlines post-deal – the company is active in highly lucrative college sports leagues as well as golf – a closer examination of IMG reveals plenty...
...IMG’s centrepiece business may be its US college sports segment which, among other things, acquires rights to sell sweatshirts and caps....
...part of Tommy Hilfiger’s history is longtime chief executive Fred Gehring – who moved to the role of chairman this summer – and who oversaw the group’s rapid international expansion, fuelled by numerous licensing...
...The big money-earner is US College sports, particularly College football, which IMG controls through its acquisition of licensing and marketing rights....
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