This is how business gets done in Hollywood.
Jack Ma, seated between the two guys in suits, is the newly-crowned richest man in China, worth an estimated $26.5 billion after his conglomerate Alibaba went public in September in the largest IPO ever.
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The guy in the tie next to Ma is Ari Emanuel, the co-CEO of talent agency William Morris Endeavor. Emanuel is widely considered to be the most powerful and feared man in Hollywood, repping everyone from Oprah to Mark Wahlberg.
Emanuel provided the inspiration for Jeremy Piven's "Ari Gold" character on HBO's Entourage. Seated with him and Ma are WME co-CEO Patrick Whitesell and the actor Jet Li.
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