--- description: Find out why Klutch Sports Group was selected for the inaugural list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2021: Klutch Sports Group image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt253f1592d9810d38/698a18ed8fd2ee55603627f7/klutch-sports-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 26, 2021 # Klutch Sports Group Empowering players by [Sean Gregory](/author/sean-gregory/) ## Sean Gregory Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent  LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on during a game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Jan. 27, 2021. LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on during a game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Jan. 27, 2021.Jesse D. Garrabrant—NBAE/Getty Images In the span of a decade, Klutch Sports Group has grown from a startup with two employees into a disruptive super-agency. Klutch now has over 70 clients across the [NBA](https://time.com/tag/nba/ "undefined") and [NFL](https://time.com/tag/nfl/ "undefined"), including superstars like [LeBron James](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567852/lebron-james/ "undefined") and Anthony Davis, and over $1.8 billion in contracts under management. Most important, the agency and founder-CEO Rich Paul have helped define an era of heightened player empowerment, in which athletes have moved between teams with greater ease, by striking a series of headline-making deals—as when the agency engineered a trade that joined Davis with James in Los Angeles, delivering the 2020 title to the Lakers. Klutch Sports Group Is One of the 2021 TIME100 Most Influential Companies ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5953585/klutch-sports/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5953585/klutch-sports/"},"headline":"Klutch Sports Group","datePublished":"2021-04-26T22:20:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:49:21.323Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5953585/klutch-sports/","keywords":["Lists","franchise","TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt253f1592d9810d38/698a18ed8fd2ee55603627f7/klutch-sports-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sean Gregory","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/"}],"creator":"Sean Gregory","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt253f1592d9810d38/698a18ed8fd2ee55603627f7/klutch-sports-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5953585/klutch-sports/","name":"Klutch Sports Group"}}]}] ```