Michael Flutie (born October 30, 1958) is an American model agent, talent brand manager, and New York City-based media personality. Early career After graduating from New York University, Flutie began his career in the fashion industry working at Elite Model Management in 1982 when founder John Casablancas ran the agency. Throughout the 1980s, Michael worked with top models of the time including Stephanie Seymour, Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz, Frederique van der Wal, Carré Otis, and Milla Jovovich, among others. In the late 1980s, Michael moved to Paris and worked at City Models, an agency run by ex-model Louise Despointes. While in Paris, Michael worked directly with models such as Carla Bruni and Famke Janssen. Company Management Michael returned to New York and founded his own modeling agency, Company Management, in 1990 with the help of his mother and two brothers. Focusing on non-traditional beauty and developing models with extensive editorial background, Michael became a new force in the modeling world. By the mid-1990s, this boutique agency became a major player in American modeling and was considered a rival to top agencies Ford Models and Elite. He discovered hundreds of new models and developed the careers of Beri Smither, Amy Wesson, Jaime King, Rhea Durham, Alexis Bledel, Frankie Rayder, Jamie Rishar, Kristine Szabo, Sarah Murdoch (née O'Hare), Carina Wretman, and Bridget Moynahan. Flutie advocated for the fair treatment of models and even voiced support for a model's union or guild to protect their interests. Flutie became directly embroiled in the heroin chic modeling controversy that dominated the fashion world in the mid-1990s and lobbied against the glamorization and use of drugs in the fashion community. This came to a crescendo when young fashion photographer Davide Sorrenti died of an overdose from heroin in February 1997. Davide’s girlfriend at the time, Flutie’s rising star Jaime King, was taking a break from modeling and was battling drug and alcohol addiction of her own. Later that same year in 1997, Flutie again garnered attention when he fired and sued his model Amy Wesson when she was battling her own addictions and kept missing job bookings. In the late 1990s, Michael wore a new hat as a publicist when he started a PR firm called Flutie Media that complemented the modeling agency. Around the same time, Flutie’s brother Robert Flutie established Flutie Entertainment, a talent management firm for actors and entertainers eventually based in Los