She didn't understand how I could do so poorly. I brought home my college board scores-I think I got just under 1,400 the first time. Falk described his mother, a teacher and inspirational force as "a perfectionist", and called her "the biggest influence in my life", the one who drove him to achieve great heights. Falk's father had never finished high school and owned two butcher shops on Long Island, while his mother, Pearl Falk, had two master's degrees, spoke six languages, and had worked as an interpreter in World War II for Nelson Rockefeller in Latin American affairs. Personal life The skyline of Rockville, Maryland, Falk's current place of residenceįalk was born to a middle-class Jewish family on Long Island, New York, the second of three children. He represented nine players in 2012 in the prime of his sports agent career in the 1990s he represented as many as 40 players at a time. In January 2007, Falk re-launched FAME, and today serves as its founder and CEO.
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He also negotiated professional sports' first US$100 million contract for Alonzo Mourning as part of an unprecedented free agency period, during which his company, FAME, changed the entire salary structure of the NBA, negotiating more than $400 million in contracts for its free agent clients in a six-day period. įalk negotiated the then-highest contracts in NBA history for Patrick Ewing and Danny Ferry. He was listed among the "100 Most Powerful People in Sports" for 12 straight years from 1990 to 2001 by The Sporting News, and was also named one of the Top 50 Marketers in the United States by Advertising Age in 1995. During the peak years of Falk's career in the 1990s, he was often considered the second-most powerful person in the NBA behind Commissioner David Stern, and in 2000 he had at least one client on all but two NBA teams. Besides Jordan, Falk has represented more than 100 other NBA players, and is generally considered to be the most influential player agent the NBA has seen. He began his career representing professional tennis players for Donald Dell's ProServ and is best known for representing sports icon Michael Jordan for the entirety of Jordan's career. Falk (born 1950) is an American sports agent who primarily works with basketball players in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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