Creative Artists Agency is a Hollywood talent agency., it had a client list that included "a near monopoly of A-list actors, writers, and directors", having "embarked on a costly and unproven new strategy" in the early 2000s that involved "cop, destroy, or " competitors' profit centers, and expanding into sports management and corporate marketing.
The Sports Business Journal has called CAA "the dominant sports agency in the United States", and has recognized CAA Sports as the Agency of the Year in 2009, Year 2010 and 2011. CAA Sports clients include
Kyle Kuzma
David Beckham
John Calipari
Derek Jeter
Eugenie Bouchard
Eli Manning
Peyton Manning
José Mourinho
Tony Parker
Adrian Peterson
Tony Romo
Cristiano Ronaldo
LaDainian Tomlinson
Zion Williamson
Andrew Wiggins
Television
Notable for putting the deal together for Oprah Winfrey's cable channel, OWN, CAA's presence in the television industry is defined by clients of Winfrey's stature such as:
Edd China
Stephen Colbert
James Corden
Katie Couric
Simon Cowell
Timothy DeLaGhetto
Jimmy Fallon
Jeff Greenstein
Colin Jost
David Letterman
Eva Longoria
Bill Maher
Camila Mendes
Seth Meyers
Trevor Noah
Jace Norman
Jeremy Piven
Ellen Pompeo
Ryan Seacrest
Gary Sinise
George Stephanopoulos
Kiefer Sutherland
Tracey Ullman
Kate Walsh
Clients also include the creators of hundreds of shows including American Idol, the franchise, Two and a Half Men, Glee, Grey’s Anatomy, House, 30 Rock, The Amazing Race and Lost.
Video games
Jason West and Vince Zampella signed with CAA after being fired from their positions at Infinity Ward in early 2010. According to FastCompany, CAA represents game designersWill Wright, Tim Schafer, Shinji Mikami, Goichi Suda, and Cliff Bleszinski, and has courted Kellee Santiago and Nick Eh 30. On January 10, 2019 CAA signed Hershel "Guy" Beahm IV also known as Dr DisRespect. Dr DisRespect had over 4 million followers on the Amazon streaming service known as Twitch. He was one of the streaming services most followed-gamers and had over 100 million views before being banned. He was named the streamer of the year for 2017 by the E-Sports Industry Awards and was also Trending Gamer of the Year at the 2017 Gamer Awards. As of July 12, 2019, CAA added Neebs Gaming. Neebs Gaming is a comedy/voice acting/animating YouTube channel composed of five comedic personalities. Famous for animated cult classics like Battlefield Friends and Doraleous & Associates. They also publish/have published cinematic gameplay adventures using games such as ARK: Survival Evolved, 7 Days to Die, Minecraft and Conan: Exiles, as well as other popular series with games like Human Fall Flat, Scrap Mechanic and various virtual reality games.
Online
Amanda Cerny
The Dobre Brothers
fouseyTUBE
Gabbie Hanna
Mamrie Hart
Liza Koshy
Pat McAfee
SungWon Cho
CalebCity
Logan Paul
Juanpa Zurita
Mariale Marrero
Speakers
signed with CAA's Speakers department to help her identify speaking opportunities to spread awareness about issues facing the transgender community.