Powerhouse

Why it’s on the list: An oral history of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) — how a talent agency rewired power, money, and dealmaking in Hollywood from its 1975 founding onward. A case study in agency, leverage, and the economics of representing talent.

Where I heard about it

• My own reading log — saved in April 2020.
• Replies to @WillManidis — an answer when he asked “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” in his thread, June 2025. The full set of replies is on what is the single best book… (tweet).

Connections

• Talent — Powerhouse is fundamentally about the business of representing and monetizing talent.
• what is the single best book… (tweet) — recommendation #2: named in this crowd-sourced thread.