Sentence examples for influential managers from inspiring English sources

Herbert Fox, one of the West Coast's most influential managers of classical and jazz musicians, Broadway performers and dancers, died on Thursday at his home in Irvine.

The finals attract not only a large audience of opera fans eager to hear up-and-coming vocal talent but also dozens of influential managers and impresarios scouting for tomorrow's stars.

A bantam in both stature — he was 5 feet 7 inches, maybe — and temperament, Weaver was among the most influential managers in modern baseball history, and among the most combative.

Joining Spalding were several of baseball's founding fathers, including Cap Anson, the White Stockings' combustible team captain, and Ned Hanlon, a future Hall of Famer and one of the most influential managers in the game's history.

"I have not met with any candidates face to face [but] have spoken to a number of influential managers and individuals in the game about various candidates".

Smith's comparison of Fisher to Tom Cruise led to meetings with influential managers and agents, and he signed with the talent agency Endeavor Talent Agency in 2002.

Earlier this month, she parted company with her influential manager, Troy Carter, "creative differences" cited.

Mr. Havens signed with the influential manager Albert Grossman and got a record deal with the Verve Forecast label.

Chris Lighty, an influential manager of hip-hop stars like 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Missy Elliott and Diddy, was found dead on Thursday morning at his home in the Bronx, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

He would go for players at times if he thought they weren't giving it everything but he was the most influential manager of my career.

By the early months of 1890, Augustus Harris, the influential manager of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, had travelled to Manchester to look for new talent for his theatre's forthcoming 1890 91 pantomime.