Bryan Lourd

Bryan William Lourd (born November 5, 1960) is an American talent agent. He is the CEO and co-chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

Early life

Bryan William Lourd was born on November 5, 1960, in New Iberia, Louisiana, to Sherion (Brice) (1938-) and Harvey H. Lourd Jr. (1938–2011). He attended New Iberia Senior High School, and earned a degree from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in 1982.

Career

Lourd has been partner, managing director and co-chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) since October 1995. During the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, he served as a mediator between Patric Verrone, the President of the Writers Guild of America, West and its legal counsel, David Young, and movie executive Peter Chernin and Bob Iger, the chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company. In 2014, he was honored at a gala with many entertainers in New York City.

He has served on the board of directors of IAC, an online media company headed by Barry Diller, since 2005.

Personal life

Lourd and actress Carrie Fisher were in a relationship from 1991 to 1994, during which time they identified themselves as being a married couple. Their relationship ended when he left her for a man after realizing he was gay. They have one daughter, actress Billie Lourd, born in 1992.

Lourd married Bruce Bozzi, the former co-owner of The Palm (later owned by Landrys Restaurants), on October 12, 2016. Bozzi and Lourd legally adopted Bozzi's daughter, Ava. They divide their time between an apartment in the West Village, in Lower Manhattan, New York City, and a house in Beverly Hills, California.