David Black has signed over ownership of his agency, which he has run for 36 years, to agent Sarah Smith, who has been with the agency for 13 years. “That was the hardest piece of paper for me to sign,” Black said. “But I do so proudly.” Smith will run the day-to-day operations of the agency, which will keep its name. She will also take on business strategy and eventually become the face of the business. Black, she said, “is not going anywhere” and he “is going to remain in his capacity as rainmaker and counsel and be there to […]
