{"id":210075,"date":"2025-10-08T21:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/210075\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T21:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:48:09","slug":"miami-open-madrid-open-other-assets-go-under-holding-company-maris-umbrella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/210075\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Open, Madrid Open, other assets go under holding company MARI’s umbrella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Prominent American business leader Ari Emanuel unveiled a new holding company, which will house many of Endeavor Group Holdings assets and live sporting events<\/a> and experiences.<\/p>\n

Emanuel, the CEO of entertainment and media agency Endeavor and TKO Group Holdings<\/a>, announced his latest venture will operate under the name MARI. Arts organization Frieze and IMG\u2019s portfolio of tennis events, including the Miami Open and Madrid Open, are under MARI’s control. The new holding company will also hold a majority shared in automotive auction house Barrett-Jackson.<\/p>\n

The Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open, Mubadala Citi DC Open and SP Open also makeup IMG’s considerable tennis portfolio. Other major ATP tournaments such as the Japan Open and Rio Open fall under the company’s management.<\/p>\n

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\"TKO <\/p>\n

TKO + Endeavor CEO Ariel Emanuel attends the UFC 300 event at T-Mobile Arena on April 13, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC via \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the MGM Macau Tennis Masters, a tennis exhibition and invitational event, has been organized by IMG, a TKO Group Holdings subsidiary.<\/p>\n

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The newly formed company finalized the acquisition of Frieze and all other deals on Wednesday to coincide with MARI’s launch.<\/p>\n

TKO Holdings Group executive Mark Shapiro will serve on MARI’s board and is also listed as a principal investor. Other key investors include RedBird Capital Partners,\u202fQatar Investment Authority,\u202fHSG, IMI media group, Ares Management funds and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong.<\/p>\n

\"Grigor <\/p>\n

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria serves against Alejandro Tabilo of Chile at the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on March 24, 2024, in Florida. (Al Bello \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Miami Dolphins<\/a> ownership group, which is led by Stephen Ross, has also been tapped to join the coalition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Craig Jackson, the founder and CEO of Barrett-Jackson, will remain in place.<\/p>\n

\"Endeavor <\/p>\n

Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel during the UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 12, 2022, in New York City. (Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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“Live events and experiences have never been more powerful,” Emanuel said in a statement. “As people increasingly value experiences over things \u2013 and as hybrid work and AI give us more time to enjoy them \u2013 sports, art,\u00a0lifestyle,\u00a0and entertainment are becoming even more essential. At MARI,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0building on the global impact of Frieze and the success of the Madrid and Miami Opens to create new ways for audiences to come together and share their passions.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Apollo partner Rob\u00a0Givone stated, “We are excited to be a key partner to Ariel Emanuel, Mark Shapiro, and their team as they build out a portfolio of experiential assets in the sports and live events industries\u2014two key areas where our firm sees strong, continued growth. Apollo Sports Capital will work closely with the\u00a0MARI\u00a0team\u00a0to help unlock value across the existing asset base, as well as explore\u00a0additional\u00a0opportunities in live events and experiences.”\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Prominent American business leader Ari Emanuel unveiled a new holding company, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-210075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}