The main beneficiary of Ortega's creative ability is 19-year-old centre forward Rogelio Funes Mori, touted by some at the club as a new Hernan Crespo.

As owner of about 55.5 percent share of Creative Artists, Mr. Ovitz, who is 43 years old and counts as high school classmates the actress Sally Field and the financier Michael R. Milken, is the chief beneficiary of the agency's ability to broker deals.

As the beneficiary of Kidd's uncanny ability to draw the defense and find the open man, Nachbar hit several open shots from the corner.

"As oil prices turn around in the next 24 months," he said, "the company will be a major beneficiary of increased prices and its ability to find and exploit reserves."