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Kemo
10-01-2016, 02:25 AM
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Late Thursday night, it was announced on Conan O’Brien’s late night talk show that as part of talent agency/entertainment company WME-IMG’s purchase of the UFC, 23 celebrities, almost all of whom are WME-IMG clients and include O’Brien, are now minority owners of the promotion. The full list is, in alphabetical order by first name:


Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye (Musician)
Adam Levine (Musician/TV personality)
Anthony Kiedis (Musician)
Ben Affleck (Actor/director/activist)
Calvin Harris (Musician)
Cam Newton (Football player)
Conan O’Brien (Comedian/TV personality)
Flea (Musician)
Guy Fieri (Chef/TV personality)
Jimmy Kimmel (Comedian/TV personality)
Li Na (Tennis player)
LL COOL J (Musician/TV personality)
Maria Sharapova (Tennis player)
Mark Wahlberg (Actor/producer)
Michael Bay (Director/producer)
Rob Dyrdek (Skateboarder/TV personality)
Robert Kraft (Presumably the musician and not the business mogul)
Serena Williams (Tennis player)
Sylvester Stallone (Actor/director/producer)
Tom Brady (Football player)
Trey Parker (South Park co-creator)
Tyler Perry (Actor/writer/director/producer)
Venus Williams (Tennis player)

Ari Emanuel, WME-IMG’s co-chief executive, told The Wall Street Journal that he approached clients who he knew were MMA fans about investing. “They would always ask for tickets.”