Amid a year full of turmoil, the entertainment industry’s top business managers – advisors who handle many important strategic and financial decisions for their star clients – will be attending The Hollywood Reporter’s 14th edition next month in Beverly Hills. We plan to gather together at the annual power event.
John McILwee, founder of J. McILwee & Associates, Inc., has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Business Manager Icon Award, which highlights his contributions to the field. McIlwee, who has appeared multiple times on THR’s Top Business Managers list, founded his eponymous company in 2019 and has worked with Kevin Costner, Maura Tierney, Jane Lynch and Chris Olsen. , Kelly Condon and Matt Reeves as clients.
This year’s Power Business Manager event will be a breakfast on October 9th at Wolfgang Puck’s Spago, with a keynote speech from WME Chief Operating Officer Dan Limerick. The executive joined WME in 2016 after 13 years as executive and head of television operations at Warner Bros. Television, where he oversaw business strategy for client deals at Endeavor’s leading talent agency. I am doing it.
This year’s THR Business Managers list will be announced on newsstands and to subscribers in the October 9 issue of the weekly magazine. City National Bank, which has served the entertainment industry for 70 years by working with clients in the business, film, television, music and sports industries, returns as the event’s presenting sponsor.
Last year’s event, held at Wolfgang Puck’s CUT in Beverly Hills, featured a keynote speech with CAA’s Ted Chervin and ML Management’s Mark Landesman receiving the Business Manager Icon Award. Previous Icon Award winners include Andrew Meyer and Steve Savitsky of Freemark Financial.
