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.”
