Casey Wasserman (né Myers; born June 28, 1974) is a business executive. He is the founder of Wasserman, a sports, music, and entertainment company. He also serves as Chairperson of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In 2026, files released by the Epstein Files Transparency Act revealed that Wasserman had exchanged flirtatious emails with sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003, leading to widespread backlash and resignations from the Wasserman company. He announced that he would sell the company and step back from representation business interests.
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Early life and education
Wasserman is the son of the Los Angeles philanthropist Lynne Wasserman and Jack Myers (formerly Meyerowitz), and the grandson of Lew Wasserman. His family is of Ukrainian Jewish descent. He has used the surname Wasserman since he was 18. After attending Brentwood School, he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1996 with a BA in political science.
Career
Arena Football
In 1998, Wasserman purchased the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League (AFL). He paid about $5 million for the franchise rights. Despite his youth, he was elected chairman of the league. In 2002, he negotiated a national television partnership between the league and NBC television, as well as the collective bargaining agreement with its players. On Saturday, April 18, 2009, Wasserman sent an email to AFL's de facto commissioner informing him of his decision to terminate the L.A. Avengers' membership in the Arena Football League. In 2015, Wasserman was inducted into the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hall of Fame.
Wasserman (agency)
The same year that he purchased the football team, Casey Wasserman started Wasserman (then-called Wasserman Media Group or WMG), a sports marketing and talent management company.
In 2016, Wasserman Media Group rebranded as Wasserman and was frequently referred to as "Team Wass".
In 2019, Wasserman earned over $200 million in commissions, making it the second most profitable sports agency that year. That same year, Wasserman became the first agency to have a client selected in the first round of all six of North America’s major team sports drafts. In 2020, Wasserman was again the second most valuable sports agency, earning $331 million in commissions and signing $5.7 billion in contracts.
In 2026, the agency rebranded as "The·Team".
In February 2026, Wasserman received criticism after files released from the Epstein Files Transparency Act revealed that he had exchanged flirtatious emails in 2003 with the now-convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, several years before Epstein was investigated. Wasserman said he "deeply regrets" the communication.
In response, several artists, including Chappell Roan, Dropkick Murphys, bbno$, Bully, Sylvan Esso, Gigi Perez, Chelsea Cutler, Orville Peck, Weyes Blood, Subtronics, and Local Natives publicly disclosed their departure from Wasserman's music agency. Soccer player Abby Wambach also announced she would be exiting the firm. Several others, including Best Coast, Beach Bunny, Hot Mulligan, Louis the Child, and John Summit, demanded that Wasserman step down from the agency.
On February 13, 2026, Wasserman announced that he had started the process of selling the Wasserman agency, and would also step back from his representation business interests.
In July 2026, Providence Equity Partners was reported to be finalizing an agreement to acquire Wasserman's remaining stake and take full control of the agency. The proposed transaction reportedly valued the company at approximately $3.4 billion.
LA 2028 Olympic Organizing Committee
In 2015, the USOC selected Los Angeles as the American applicant for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Wasserman successfully led Los Angeles' 2017 bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics. He is the chairperson of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
On June 19, 2020, Wasserman reportedly wrote the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach to advocate for changes to be made to the controversial Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter which states: "No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas." In the letter, Wasserman urged the IOC to amend the guidelines that support Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter to allow anti-racist advocacy on the Olympic stage and stated "Being anti-racist is not political." Thomas Bach refuted the suggestion in an op-ed for The Guardian titled "The Olympics are about diversity and unity, not politics and profit. Boycotts don't work, and athletes should be politically neutral."
Following the 2026 release of Wasserman's emails with Ghislaine Maxwell, multiple figures in Los Angeles politics called for Wasserman's resignation, including Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass, Los Angeles County supervisors Janice Hahn and Lindsey Horvath, Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia, and five members of the Los Angeles City Council. The Olympic organizing committee stated that Wasserman would continue in his role, and that his relationship with Epstein and Maxwell "did not go beyond what has already been publicly documented".
Board memberships and philanthropy
Wasserman serves as the president and CEO of the Wasserman Foundation, a private family foundation, which was founded by his grandparents, Edie and Lew Wasserman, in 1952.
He is a board member for several philanthropic organizations including The Jules Stein Eye Institute and The Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF). Wasserman is a trustee of The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He is also a member of the Executive Committee for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Centennial Committee.
Wasserman served on the board of directors for videogame developer Activision. He now serves on the board for digital media company Vox Media (formerly Activision).
Personal life
Wasserman had a close relationship with his grandfather. The two would have breakfast together every Saturday and Sunday from the time he was a child until his grandfather's death in 2002. He is divorced from music supervisor Laura Ziffren Wasserman, whose grandfather Paul Ziffren was a Democratic Party leader and chair of the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics Organizing Committee. They have two children—a son and a daughter.
In September 2025, Wasserman joined a search committee led by UCLA Bruins athletic director Martin Jarmond to assist with identifying their next head football coach. Wasserman co-chaired a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on August 22, 2016. He has historically donated to Democratic political causes. Wasserman donated to some Republican candidates prior to the 2026 elections and organized a fundraiser for Senator Susan Collins, a Republican Senator.