The man with the golden touch

Mark McCormack, CEO of IMG met the BBC's Tanya Beckett

In a HARDtalk interview on 23 October, Mark McCormack, CEO International Management Group, talks to Tanya Beckett.

Tiger Woods, Venus Williams and even the Pope have felt the managerial touch of Mark McCormack, the founder and owner of International Management Group.

For the past 40 years IMG's clients have included leading sports stars, models, musicians and also the Grammys and the Nobel Foundation.

IMG earns more than a billion dollars a year and Mr McCormack is widely considered the most powerful man in sport.

But does he wield too much power?

Tanya Beckett spoke to him at his London headquarters.

This interview can be watched in full on Wednesday 23 October on BBC World and BBC News 24 at the following times:

BBC News 24 (times shown in BST) 0430, repeated 2230

BBC World (times shown in GMT) 0330, repeated 0830, 1130, 1530, 1830, 2330