David Obst

David Obst is an American literary agent and author. Obst was the agent of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. He also was involved in the productions of the films Revenge of the Nerds, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and All the President's Men.

Early life According to Alex Kyczynski of The New York Times, Obst says he was born in 1946, He attended the University of California, Berkeley. Obst had also associated with activist Abbie Hoffman. By 1977 Obst had about 50 clients. Obst was an anti-Vietnam war activist and was able to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War by the Culver City draft board by stating that, "They could throw me (Obst) in jail or let me do something useful with my life."

On 1 February 1977 an article was published in the New York Magazine by Matthew Klein, stating that "David Obst, superagent, becomes David Obst, publisher, with a family attachment to Random House.

In 1998 Obst further explained the idea Deep Throat was non-existent in a New York Times interview (this was originally revealed in Obst's memoir Too Good To Be Forgotten).

In 2025, he wrote Saving ourselves from Big Car where he contends that the motor vehicle industry (which he refers to as Big Car) has been responsible for the loss of human life and other global issues.

Personal life Obst married and later divorced Lynda Obst. From 1986 to 1990 he was married to Rachael Worby. In 1990 he began dating his future wife, Jane Gottleib. As of 2022 he lived in Santa Barbara, California.

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