Ronald Meyer

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Ron Meyer is an American entertainment executive and former talent agent.

Presently, he serves as the President & COO of Universal Studios (formerly MCA) and has held this position since 1995 when Seagram (then led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr.) acquired the controlling interest in the company. In the years between the Seagram acquisition up to the recent purchase of Universal by General Electric.

Prior to the presidency of Universal, he was president of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which he formed with two other superagents from the William Morris Agency -- namely Michael Ovitz and Bill Haber.

Ron Meyer was appointed president and chief operating officer of Universal Studios on August 1, 1995.

Prior to joining Universal, Meyer was president of Creative Artists Agency, Inc., which he founded in 1975 with four fellow agents from the William Morris Agency. Over the years they built the company into the preeminent talent agency, representing many of the industry's most influential and talented people, and later expanding its range of services to include consulting with leading American and international corporations.

Previously, Meyer was a television agent with the William Morris Agency from 1970 to 1975. Prior to that, he worked as a messenger at the Paul Kohner Agency in Los Angeles from 1964 to 1970. Before joining the Paul Kohner Agency, Meyer served in the United States Marine Corps.

He lives in Malibu, California, with his wife, Kelly Chapman, and has three daughters and a son. His daughter Jennifer, is married to actor Tobey Maguire.

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