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Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: evaluation
5 Mar 2026 Acquired Rolex
“IMG was the first modern talent celebrity endorsement agency, and really visionary of Mark McCormack to have founded in 1960.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- evaluation
- Recorded
- 5 Mar 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Rolex
Transcript context
…But future presidents wore Daydates. Yes. But anyway, back to IMG. IMG was the first modern talent celebrity endorsement agency, and really visionary of Mark McCormack to have founded in 1960. He brokered tons of celebrity endorsements. He works with Rolex, and they sign the “big three” in the golf world. First Arnold Palmer, then Gary Player, and then Jack Nicklaus. For their whole careers, I believe probably their whole lives, they are Rolex men. Tthat is effectively the blueprint for everyone from Federer to Tiger Woods forward.…
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