[2] His parents were divorced and he took his mother's maiden name, which is also the last name of his famous grandfather, MCA studio executive Lew Wasserman, whom he credits as his greatest teacher.

"[4] Wasserman obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

On Saturday, April 18, 2009, Wasserman sent an email to AFL's de facto commissioner informing him of his decision to terminate the L.A. Avengers' membership in the Arena Football League.

[12] The company also made an unsuccessful bid to sign up enough athletes in BMX, skateboarding and freestyle motocross to form PGA-like sanctioning bodies in those sports.

[16] Through that acquisition, WMG came to represent such players as Steven Gerrard, Robbie Keane, Jamie Carragher, Michael Owen, Tim Cahill, Jonathan Woodgate, Wes Brown, Scott Parker, Jack Wilshere, Park Ji-Sung, Shay Given, Tim Howard and Emile Heskey.

[17] In early 2011, WMG bought London-based media rights manager and advisory firm Reel Enterprises.

In 2015, the USOC selected Los Angeles as the American applicant for the 2024 Summer Olympics after withdrawing Boston's bid.

The LA bid was praised by the IOC for using a record-breaking number of existing and temporary facilities and for relying entirely on corporate funding.

[30] On March 1, 2003, Vanity Fair reported that Wasserman was among several other high profile attendees aboard Jeffrey Epstein's Boeing 727, since dubbed the "Lolita Express", on a "mission to explore the problems of AIDS and economic development in Africa".