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Sugar23 Expands With New Manager Hires
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“Our goal as a management company has been to find the most talented people to represent the most talented people,” CEO Michael Sugar said. “We are excited for Katrina, David and Jake to join our team. They are hitting the ground running, and we’re just getting started.
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The new hires join Meredith Wechter, who recently partnered with Sugar 23 to lead the management division, which the company is looking to bolster and expand over the coming year. Her client roster includes Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, Josh Gad, Bryce Dallas-Howard, Jeremy Strong, Melissa Barrerea, Gabe Basso and Cailee Spaeny.
LOS ANGELES • Oscar-winning producer Michael Sugar has raised US$30 million (S$39.7 million) to turn his boutique management and production company into the next big Hollywood talent shop.
Mr Sugar, whose clients include directors Steven Soderbergh and Cary Joji Fukunaga, raised the money from investors Swan & Legend Venture Partners, which has also backed celebrity chef Jose Andres restaurant group, and MRC, the Hollywood studio that produced the movie Knives Out (2019) and television series Ozark (2017 to present).
Mr Sugar plans to use this new capital to move his company, Sugar23, into podcasting and book publishing. He also aims to expand its talent-representation business by hiring as many as 20 managers over the next 12 months.
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In a bid to become a global media enterprise, the company has launched book and podcast divisions and is re-prioritizing with a focus on management.
Sugar23, the company founded by Oscar-winning producer and manager Michael Sugar, is expanding in a bid to become a global media enterprise.
The production company has made several key hires, including a chief financial officer and general counsel, and is launching a book division and a podcast division. The company also announced it has also raised $30 million with SWaN & Legend Venture Partners and MRC that will spur the move beyond its current core production business (MRC is a co-owner of