‘An entertaining and expletive-filled read’ NEW YORK TIMES

‘Shoe Dog meets Goodfellas with a dash of The Little Prince’ ARIANNA HUFFINGTON

‘Here in Technicolor is another of Hollywood’s greatest characters’ RICK RUBIN

‘A rare peek at how Hollywood really works’ WALTER ISAACSON

One of Hollywood’s most accomplished, feared – and funny – dealmakers has some stuff he wants to get off his chest. A lifetime worth of stuff. And secrets. And stories. And it all makes for one hell of a ride, and one of the must-read books of the year.

Ari Emanuel has long been one of the most influential people in the world, but he’s also something of a mystery. Part of the reason is Emanuel’s job description. As Hollywood’s best-known super-agent – the inspiration for Ari Gold in the classic TV drama Entourage – he’s paid to speak for his A-list clients, not himself.

Now, for the first time, the agent, the mogul, the fero­cious power broker, speaks for himself, about himself, and about the game of life – often at the top of his lungs.

In Roll the Calls, his take-no-prisoners memoir, Eman­uel tells the incredible stories behind the signings and fir­ings, the triumphant mergers and nasty breakups, the hard-won victories and crushing mistakes.

With great comic zest, and in precise cinematic detail, he traces the arc of a classic rags-to-riches career, from suffering through severe dyslexia, to clerking in the mail­room of CAA, to striking out on his own with three fellow agents, launching a new talent agency that would go on to represent some of the most glittering names in show busi­ness, including Larry David, Quentin Tarantino, Denzel Washington, Billie Eilish, Martin Scorsese and Oprah Win­frey. Along the way Emanuel was also raising four kids, fighting and reconciling with friends and colleagues, coping with a failing marriage and struggling to find love again.

Shattering the mould of stodgy CEO memoirs, Roll the Calls is told in a punchy, telegraphic style, with disarming humility and ribald candour. It’s a fable about success and failure, about creativity and persistence, and a masterclass in how to ignore the haters, how to overcome withering self-doubt, and, at moments of profound crisis and despair, how to be a fearless advocate for your most vulnerable client: yourself.

Details

ISBN13: 9780008849108
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 432
Edition:
Publication Date: 29 Sep 2026
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.3(L)x3.4(W)520
Weight (gm): 520

Author Biography

Ari Emanuel leads TKO as executive chair and CEO and is executive chairman of WME Group, two companies that sit at the centre of sports, entertainment and culture. Since co-founding Endeavor in 1995, Emanuel has repeatedly transformed the business of entertainment – merging William Morris Agency and Endeavor to form global enterprise WME, acquiring IMG and UFC, and ultimately bringing WWE and UFC together to form the sports powerhouse TKO. Based in Beverly Hills, Emanuel continues to build across ventures that include the global events and experiences company MARI and the Las Vegas Raiders.

Reviews

‘An entertaining and expletive-filled read … [Roll the Calls] breathlessly charges through its 400-plus pages, dropping names, settling scores and swearing up a storm’ — New York Times
‘Here in Technicolor is another of Hollywood’s greatest characters’ — Rick Rubin, author of The Creative Act
‘A bracing memoir about rage and childhood trauma and how to make them work for you rather than against you. It’s also a rare peek at how Hollywood really works, the grasping ambition, the double-dealing, the savage fight to stay competitive, never mind employed. A blazing fast read with lessons nested among the incredible stories, it’s above all extremely funny. I opened it as I boarded a plane in New York and by the time I landed overseas I felt that I’d completed a true journey’ — Walter Isaacson, author of Elon Musk
‘Behind this moxie, chutzpah and persistent aggression is a riveting story of a man who wants to make something that lasts and a deeply felt account of the struggle it takes to do so. Obviously, he names names and can be a pain in the ass too – on brand! – but it turns out Ari Emanuel has a big soft heart, even if it is clad in titanium’ — Kara Swisher, author of Burn Book
‘I expected Ari’s memoir to be a page-turner. But I didn’t expect such tenderness, such sweetness, so much heart. I wasn’t ready for all the wisdom about mental health and self-confidence and resilience and the search for one’s true happiness. I simply wasn’t prepared for Shoe Dog meets Goodfellas with a dash of The Little Prince. What a pleasant, refreshing and wonderful surprise this book is’ — Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO at Thrive Global
‘After more than two decades of talking to Ari almost every week, no two conversations are ever the same. In a single call, he can go from outrageous to thoughtful, wildly funny to intensely focused, chaotic to genuinely insightful. He has a way of saying the thing nobody else would dare say’ — Mark Wahlberg