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Michael Ovitz Says Having Tech And Entertainment Execs “Intertwined With Policymakers Can Only Lead To Positive Things For The Country”
Michael Ovitz, a onetime Hollywood power player now focused on technology, sees only upside to the recent commingling of Big Tech, Hollywood and Washington.
“I find that having people in tech and entertainment intertwined with policymakers can only lead to positive things for the country,” the co-founder of CAA told CNBC in a wide-ranging interview Tuesday. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and CEO of Tesla who once was openly skeptical about Trump, has established an office in the White House and taken an active role in shaping federal policy. He described being asked in 1999 to join the board of directors at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as “the single most life-changing experience for me.” Having a front-row seat in tech “opened up for me a world that I now live in that is the most fascinating, interesting place to be.”
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