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Ari Emanuel

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Ari Emanuel writes The Beat with Ari Melber . They have also been a guest on Squawk on the Street (5 times) , All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg , Halftime Report , Aspire with Emma Grede , On with Kara Swisher , Settle In with PBS News , Feed Me , Freakonomics Radio , The Circuit with Emily Chang , Invest Like the Best (Patrick O'Shaughnessy) , Pivot (Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway) and A Bit of Optimism .

Recently: “Ari Emanuel on his New Memoir, ‘Ragent’ Reputation, and Changing Hollywood” on On with Kara Swisher (October 2026); “Ari Emanuel: What Hollywood’s Ultimate Power Broker Knows About Succeeding Against the Odds” on Aspire with Emma Grede (September 2026); “Ari Emanuel on dyslexia, rage and his rise to Hollywood powerhouse” on Settle In with PBS News (September 2026); “Guest Lecture: Ari Emanuel” on Feed Me (September 2026); “10AM Hour: Wells Fargo on Netflix Downgrade, Hollywood Super-Agent Ari Emanuel, Edison Internation CEO on Data Center Demand 9/21/26” on Squawk on the Street (September 2026); “Trump Ramps up Attacks on Elections” on The Beat with Ari Melber (February 2026).

What They Said

“I say it on occasion, just wanting a little bit more love than my brothers got. Just a teeny bit on occasion. And that's a hell of an engine.” — Ari Emanuel, On with Kara Swisher

Swisher was asking Emanuel about growing up as the brother his family thought of as "the other one", and suggested his career had been a lifetime of proving himself to them. Her reply to this line was that it is often not a great engine.

On with Kara Swisher · 2026-10-05 Permalink → Listen →
On with Kara Swisher Around 18:32 into the episode
Ari Emanuel

they think they finally got it at the end. They kind of realized between all this. So

Kara Swisher

it was a lifetime of proving to them. Yeah.

Ari Emanuel

And, you know, I say it on occasion, just wanting a little bit more love than my brothers got. Just a teeny bit on occasion. And that's a hell of an engine.

Kara Swisher

Yeah, it is. It's often not a great one, actually.

Ari Emanuel

But it's, you know. You

Kara Swisher

know, one of my premises about a lot of people in tech is they didn't get hugged enough as children. And unfortunately, we're living their pain. All of us are. This is

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