He served as the president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the William Morris Agency.
He represented Marilyn Monroe, Donna Summer, Bill Cosby, Mark Spitz, Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, and many more.
[2] His mother performed with her father, Nicholas; her brother Victor, and sister Nettie, in the Haidabura Family Russian Peasant Quartette, which was "the first Russian acrobatic dance troupe to appear on the American vaudeville stage".
He helped create such series as Racket Squad and The Public Defender by moving 1950s film stars to television.
[4] Additionally, he served on the boards of trustees of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.