Tracy Morgan Thanks Enterprise Supervisor for Not Letting Him Purchase “26 Ferraris” and the Brooklyn Bridge

Tracy Morgan paid tribute to his longtime enterprise supervisor Mark Landesman on Wednesday, admitting, “I don’t know the place I’d be with out you, bro.”

Landesman was acknowledged with THR‘s Enterprise Supervisor Icon Award at its annual Energy Enterprise Managers breakfast, the place Morgan, his consumer of 20 years, introduced him with the consideration.

On the podium, Morgan joked, “At any time when I need to purchase a brand new Ferrari, Mark is all the time right here to say, ‘No, Tracy.’ If it wasn’t for Mark, I might’ve had 26 Ferraris and a horrible tax drawback.” He additionally teased he’s beforehand requested if he might purchase the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Constructing and the Staten Island Ferry — the final of which he was informed, “No Tracy, my different consumer Pete Davidson already owns it.”

Although the ML Administration founder has a protracted record of star shoppers, the 2 have a very deep bond, as Landesman was the primary particular person on the hospital following Morgan’s extreme automotive crash in 2014.

On a extra critical be aware, Morgan informed Landesman, “I really like you, I’ll all the time love you,” he mentioned. “You imply so much to me. You had been there for me.”

He continued, “He’s greater than only a enterprise supervisor, he’s greater than only a buddy, Mark is sort of a member of my household. From the underside of my coronary heart, thanks for all that you just’ve performed and all you’ve performed for me.”

Accepting his award, the enterprise supervisor acknowledged that many individuals don’t know precisely what his job entails, and on high of dealing with all elements of his shoppers’ cash, “our relationship can go a lot deeper for some; our shoppers depend on us for therefore many non-financial issues and search our recommendation on so many life-style points and as such, we’re all thought-about very shut and trusted fiduciaries.”

Landesman recalled listening to about Morgan’s horrific accident on the information and studying that the star had been airlifted to a New Jersey hospital about an hour from his home.

“My rapid response was to get to the hospital as quickly as potential, as a result of I knew Tracy simply accomplished his property plan and I used to be named his energy of legal professional and well being care proxy,” he defined, with an emotional Morgan by his aspect. “After strolling into the emergency room, I used to be escorted into the convention room, briefed on the state of affairs and was launched to quite a few medical doctors. I then realized Tracy’s household had been closely counting on me for steerage and to assist interpret the state of affairs. Very robust selections needed to be made; Tracy’s restoration was lengthy and troublesome. I visited him all through the hospital after which on the rehab facility, which went over a number of months. I attempted to maintain the spirits optimistic, and there was so many unknowns forward of him: What sort of restoration would Tracy have and would he ever be capable to work once more?”

Lower to right this moment, and Morgan has had a powerful restoration and returned to comedy, with Landesman noting, “I’m pleased to say my relationship with Tracy is completely again to regular. I speak him out of shopping for all of the Ferraris. I inform him, ‘Don’t purchase this, don’t purchase that, don’t purchase the Brooklyn Bridge and save your cash.’”

To conclude, Landesman added, “The final three years have been very overwhelming to nearly everybody right here, from the onset of COVID and to the latest strikes. Many consumers want us to get them by these robust occasions.” Landesman then gave a particular shoutout to his very first consumer, Eddie Murphy. “We had been 23 once we met — he gave me a chance that modified my life. He was my luck issue and I’m perpetually grateful.”

The award presentation was a part of a breakfast celebrating Hollywood’s Prime Enterprise Managers, which additionally included a keynote Q&A between CAA’s Ted Chervin and THR senior enterprise editor Ashley Cullins in regards to the more and more intertwined enterprise relationship between Hollywood {and professional} sports activities.

The thirteenth annual occasion was held at Lower in Beverly Hills and sponsored by Metropolis Nationwide Financial institution.