He stayed at William Motris for over five years and would happily have stayed longer, but fate intervened when his mentor was fired.That presented an opportunity to start his own operation, Creative Artists Agency. Founded in 1975 with four colleagues from William Morris, CM became a huge success,representing Hollywood legends like Cher, Madonna, Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. In the beginning, though, the staff of five struggled-18-hour days, seven days a week.They didn't draw any money out of the company for the first two years.But Meyer had an advantage: Few people knew the business as well as he did, and few were as good with people. He built CAA client by client. He was always networking.attending anything he could get invited to-parties, dinners, screenings, and tapings.
