Ask Page Parkes what she does for a living and she won't say "talent agent." She'll say that she changes people's lives — and she's been proving it for 45 years.

In this episode, she shares how she built a multi-city agency that launched the careers of Channing Tatum, Alexis Bledel, and thousands of others. You'll hear why her approach has stayed the same even as the industry has changed, and how her natural instincts (not strategy or training) helped her build a business around seeing potential before anyone else did.

Topics discussed:

• Starting a talent agency at 20 with no experience or connections

• Her talent philosophy and what she sees that others miss

• How she strategically built her team (and why some of her best people left)

• Expanding from Houston to Dallas to Miami

• How beauty standards have shifted over 45 years

• The real cost of giving everything to the business

• Succession and legacy

• Arcus Advisors | Business Advisory for Private Equity Companies
• Pucci
• Page Parkes Modeling and Acting School - Discover Your Stage

Candus Hinderer and Carrie Ferroukhi are the co-founders of Arcus Advisors, a business consulting firm dedicated to helping Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies improve results by optimizing the accounting and finance functions through strategic guidance and practical solutions. For more information and resources, visit Arcus Advisors: https://arcusadvisors.com/home

This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com