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category: "Organized Crime"
tags:
- Person
- Hollywood
- Entertainment
- MCA
- Ronald Reagan
- Organized Crime
- Business
- Media
- OrganizedCrime
summary: "Wasserman was a major contributor to and sat on the board of the Reagan presidential library, along with Edwin Meese and others."
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[[Lew Wasserman]] was the Chairman of [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]] Corporation. He was a powerful figure in Hollywood and a long-time political supporter of [[Ronald Reagan]]. Wasserman represented Reagan during the actor's early days in Hollywood, and along with [[Jules Stein]], [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]]'s founder, negotiated the sale of Reagan's [[California]] properties at hugely inflated prices, which helped make Reagan a millionaire.[^1]
Wasserman was a major contributor to and sat on the board of the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] presidential library, along with [[Edwin Meese]] and others. He was involved in raising $80 million to build it.[^1]