Company Background

In 1960, Mark Hume McCormack shook hands with a young golfer named Arnold Palmer. That historic handshake established a legendary empire that would evolve into today's IMG, the world's premier sports and lifestyle marketing and management company-representing hundreds of sports figures, entertainers, television properties, artists, musicians, writers, celebrities and prestigious organizations and events around the world. With just a handshake, Mark H. McCormack had invented a global industry.

Through IMG, Mark H. McCormack demonstrated the value of sports and lifestyle activities as effective corporate marketing tools, but more importantly, his lifelong dedication to his vocation-begun with just a simple handshake-brought enjoyment to millions of people worldwide who watch and cheer their heroes and heroines. This is his legacy.