Josh Pyatt Joins Patrick Whitesell’s WTSL as Firm Gets Into Management With WIN Artists (Exclusive)
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Pyatt, the former co-head of WME Sports, will work with clients that include Bryson DeChambeau, Shaquille O’Neal’s Jersey Legends, Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions, and Derek Jeter’s Cap 2.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment WTSL , the Silver Lake-backed investment firm led by Patrick Whitesell , is getting into the management business, bringing on former WME Sports co-head Josh Pyatt to launch the new division, WIN Artists. Pyatt will also be joining WTSL as a partner, and will also work for WIN Sports Group, the firm’s football talent agency that was built out of its acquisition of WME’s NFL representation business last year. The agent had left WME Sports last summer as part of that deal. The new banner, WIN Artists, will represent a roster of sports stars outside of the field, with the goal to widen its lens to musicians, creators and more. Related Stories TV NWSL Season 2026: Where to Watch Women's Soccer Online TV Where to Watch the 2026 NCAA Women's March Madness Selection Sunday TV Special Live Online “It seemed like a natural time to have Josh come in and lead this inside of WIN and create our artist group,” Whitesell tells The Hollywood Reporter , comparing the current moment to the boom time of the late aughts. “It is similar to the tailwinds that we saw in 2008, 2009, 2010 in the core movie and television business, as far as at that time, directors, actors, showrunners could build out businesses around what they were doing in their day job.” “The ambition, the goal is to build a business around around icons, around the 1 percent, with the idea that talent these days are multifaceted, they’re interested in doing a bunch of different things, and being able to help them build businesses from scratch or get them into new areas is exciting to me,” says Pyatt. “Ultimately, long term, I want to build a management company with a group of people that I really like and respect, and that starts with the clients, but ultimately the broader management company wil...
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