David Meltzer

About

Sports agent, entrepreneur, author and podcast host. He was co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing. He served as CEO of Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency. He hosted the entrepreneur podcast, The Playbook.

Before Fame

He studied law at Tulane University. He attended Occidental College in Los Angeles.

Trivia

He negotiated contracts with sports icons like Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft. His books include Game-Time Decision Making and Compassionate Capitalism: A Journey to the Soul of Business.

Family Life

His brother studied medicine at UCLA.

Associated With

He has been described as the inspiration for the 1996 film Jerry Maguire, starring Tom Cruise and Renée Zellweger.