Background
Schwartz grew up in New Haven, Connecticut.
Schwartz grew up in New Haven, Connecticut.
He represents a number of National Basketball Association superstars, including Paul Pierce, Deron Williams, Kemba Walker, Kevin Love, Tyson Chandler, Lamar Odom and Jason Kidd, among others He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and Juris Doctor at Temple University Law School in Philadelphia. In 1990, Schwartz had a judicial clerkship for a federal bankruptcy judge in Los Los Angeles
He then joined Connecticut law firm Cummings & Lockwood as an associate in the commercial litigation department.
Schwartz began his sports management career in 1992 at International Management Group (Image) managing the careers of tennis greats Pete Sampras, Marcelo Rios and Martina Hingis. After seven years at Image, he joined Artists Management Group (AMG) and built the athlete division into a multi-sport company representing top athletes in tennis, basketball, golf, hockey and baseball.
In 2000, Schwartz was named the 15th Most Influential Person in Tennis by Tennis Magazine. Schwartz established in 2002 as a full-service management and marketing business.
To date, he has negotiated more than $1 billion in contracts and is consistently ranked one of the top two basketball agents in terms of contract revenue.
Schwartz has forged millions of dollars in endorsement deals, including those with Nike, Under Armour, Adidas, 361°, Spalding, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, KIA and Red Bulletin. In 2011, Schwartz expanded Excel into a multi-sport agency with the addition of baseball and golf agents, Casey Close and Mark Steinberg. Close brought several clients to Excel, including Derek Jeter, Ryan Howard and Derrek Lee.
Steinberg brought long-time client Tiger Woods to the agency.
