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<p><big>Early life</big></p>
<p>Wasserman was born to a <a href="page.php?w=Jewish">Jewish</a> family in <a href="page.php?w=Cleveland%2C_Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, the son of Isaac Wasserman and Minnie Chernick, both emigrants from Russia. He began his show business career as an usher in a Cleveland theater in 1933. He later became a booking agent for the <a href="page.php?w=MCA_Inc.">Music Corporation of America</a> (MCA), founded by <a href="page.php?w=Jules_Stein">Jules Stein</a>.</p>

<p><big>Hollywood career</big></p>
<p>Under Wasserman, MCA branched out into</p><p>
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