Meet millionaire Hollywood and sports mogul Casey Wasserman: Gavin Newsom, Jessica Alba, Bill Clinton and Disney’s Bob Iger came to his birthday bash, and he’s head of the 2028 LA Olympic committee

Jul 12 , 2024

Casey Wasserman recently celebrated his 50th birthday with the cream of the crop of various industries. Photo: @teamebmg/Instagram

From his multibillion-dollar sports marketing empire to his support of Joe Biden and family connections to Hollywood royalty, it’s no surprise Casey Wasserman throws an epic party

The 50-year-old just celebrated his latest birthday in LA – the city he’s overseeing the 2028 Olympics in – alongside pals Jessica Alba, Bill Clinton and Disney’s Bob Iger, among others

Few people occupy as influential a role at the cross section of Hollywood, business, sports and politics as marketing mogul Casey Wasserman. A case in point? His 50th birthday party on June 28, which saw everyone from Bill Clinton and Gavin Newsom to Disney CEO Bob Iger and Jessica Alba show up to celebrate.

Casey Wasserman (left) rubs shoulders with the world’s elite. Photo: @wasserman/Instagram

The epic, 500-person bash was staged in a hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, and featured food from Nobu and a performance by Imagine Dragons, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The event was also something of a tribute to his late grandfather – Hollywood mogul Lew Wasserman – with a recreation of the deli that Casey used to frequent with him at the event, complete with one of the spot’s original waitresses and a vintage photo booth.

Here’s what you need to know about one of the US’ ultimate power players, and the man GQ once referred to as a “Jewish Tom Cruise”.

Casey Wasserman comes from a well-connected family

Casey Wasserman with his grandmother, Edith “Edie” Wasserman. Photo: @mptf/Instagram

Casey Wasserman was born in 1974 to Lynne Wasserman and Jack Myers, but the pair divorced when Casey was seven, per the Los Angeles Times. From then on, he was raised by his mother and mentored by his grandfather Lew Wasserman, the legendary movie mogul and former president of entertainment conglomerate MCA.

Lew Wasserman, chairman of MCA Inc.’s board of directors, in 1976. Photo: AP

Lew took Casey to Beverly Hills deli Nate ‘n’ Al’s every weekend to teach him life lessons, according to The New York Times, and he enjoyed the kind of access to showbiz that most kids could only dream of. “At 10, he helped carry the torch at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,” the newspaper notes. “At 18, when he wanted to go to a sold-out Guns N’ Roses concert, his grandfather told him to call David Geffen, one of Hollywood’s biggest power brokers” for tickets.

He has a sports marketing empire

Casey Wasserman talks with the media in May 2016. Photo: AP Photo