Bryan William Lourd was born on the 5th November 1960, in New Iberia, Louisiana, USA, and is well-known as an American talent agent and the director of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), who manages some of the biggest Hollywood names, and in that way is accumulating his net worth. He has been active in business since 1983.
Have you ever wondered how rich Bryan Lourd is? Sources estimate that Bryan’s net worth is $35 million as of late 2015, with the main source of this amount of money being, of course, his career as a talent agent. He is also recognized as the director of InterActiveCorp (IAC), an internet media company, and this is another source of his wealth.
Bryan Lourd Net Worth $35 Million
Bryan Lourd was brought up in Louisiana, by the father Harvey H. Lourd, Jr. and mother Sherion Lourd. He attended New Iberia Senior High School, displaying interest and talented in acting, so while in school he performed in the main roles in several musicals. In 1982, he graduated with a degree from the University of Southern California, USC Annenberg School for Communication, Journalism and International Relations.
Lourd began his career and started earning money in 1983, when he became a page at CBS Studios. Later, he join the William Morris Agency (WMA), making his way up to talent agent. In 1988 he shifted to Creative Artists Agency (CAA), an American talent, entertainment and sports agency, based in Los Angeles and with offices in New York City, Chicago, London, Nashville, Stockholm, Munich, Mumbai and Beijing. In 1995, with his partners he became the new owner, and started to work In the position of Managing Director and President of this talent agency, which represents a number of the most successful professionals working in film, television, music, sports, theatre, video games, design and the Internet. According to this, Lourd now represents an impressive list of the world’s most popular actors, actresses and producers, such as George Clooney, Sean Penn, Helen Hunt, Tom Ford, Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson, Spike Jonze, Juliette Binoche, Reese Witherspoon, Aaron Eckhart, Marisa Tomei, Darren Aronofsky, Ethan Hawke, Dustin Lance Black, Oliver Stone, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Joel Schumacher, Lynda Obst, Mike Nichols, Todd Field, Betty Thomas, Robert Luketic, the success of whom has overall in accumulating his net worth.
Since April 2005, Bryan Lourd has been Independent Director and Member of Audit Committee of InterActiveCorp (IAC), an American online media which headquarters is in New York City. Latterly, this company vested one of the most popular online dating sites called “OKCupid”. Besides that, this company owns other popular websites, such as The Home Shopping Network, The USA Network, Ask, Excite, Dictionary among others. All contribute to Bryan’s net worth.
While the Writers Guild of America was on strike in 2007 and 2008, he worked as a mediator between the two sides; on one side was the President of the Writers Guild Of America Patric Verrone, and David Young who served as their legal counsel, and on the other side were Peter Chernin, a movie executive and Bob Iger, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company.
In 2014, he was honored at a gala in New York City with many entertainers performing in his honor.
Bryan has also been recognized for his philanthropic and public services. He has been on the Board Of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts since 2011, and is also on the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. Furthermore, Bryan has also served as a member of the John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts since 2013, when he was appointed by President Barack Obama.
Regarding his personal life, Bryan was partner to the Princess Leia of Star Wars actress, Carrie Fisher(1991-94), with whom he has a daughter. Bryan has recently came out as bisexual, and is currently in a relationship with Bruce Bozzi, who is the owner of the restaurant chain named “The Plam”. The couple currently resides in their house in Beverly Hills, California, but they also own a penthouse apartment in the West Village, an area of Manhattan, New York City.
