Creative Artists Shifts Top Management Posts

Creative Artists Agency has realigned its top management posts, naming Michael Ovitz chairman and Ron Meyer president of the Hollywood talent agency.

Ovitz was previously president of the agency, and Meyer, although one of its founding partners, had no title.

Individuals close to the agency said Meyer, a veteran Hollywood actors’ agent, has been gradually assuming administrative duties as the agency has grown in recent years.

A CAA spokesman said the job shift didn’t reflect any change in the company’s ownership. Ovitz, who helped found the agency in 1975, owns more than 50%, while Meyer and television agent Bill Haber split the rest.

Haber doesn’t have a corporate title, the spokesman said.