As much as Hollywood likes to celebrate its buccaneer spirit, random events have played just as big of a role in determining who gets to rule. The 1994 helicopter crash that killed former Disney president Frank Wells would shape the industry for decades. Michael Eisner, Wells' No. 2 at the time, elevated himself to president, which led the then-43-year-old Jeffrey Katzenberg to leave Disney and later co-found DreamWorks. With Katzenberg gone, Eisner hired a 48-year-old Ovitz, who had co-founded CAA with Ron Meyer, to be his lieutenant. When Meyer left CAA to run Universal, it opened a leadership vacuum that was filled by a group of young agents that included Lourd, Huvane and Lovett.