Michael Ovitz Says Having Tech And Entertainment Execs “Intertwined With Policymakers Can Only Lead To Positive Things For The Country”

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Michael Ovitz, for decades a Hollywood power player and now a specialist in technology, sees only upside to the recent commingling of Big Tech, Hollywood and Washington. “I find that having people in tech and entertainment intertwined with policymakers can only lead to positive things for the country,” the co-founder of CAA told CNBC in a wide-ranging interview Tuesday. (Watch the full segment above.) “I’m very happy that everyone’s talking with each other.

I think these split schools were terrible for the country.” Ovitz didn’t get specific in describing who is talking to whom, but the interactions in recent weeks have been striking, especially given the opposition to President Trump in the tech sector during his first term in office.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and CEO of Tesla who once was openly skeptical about Trump, has established an office in the White House and taken an active role in shaping federal policy.

Musk was joined at Trump’s inauguration last week by a gallery of ultra-wealthy tech leaders, among them Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos.