About Steve O'Rourke
Steve O'Rourke was an English music manager and racing driver. He was the manager of Pink Floyd, a position he held from 1968 until his death. Among his accomplishments was negotiating Pink Floyd's split with bass player and main songwriter Roger Waters. In the early 1970s, O'Rourke left NEMS, and founded his own company, EMKA Productions, named after his first daughter Emma Kate. (O'Rourke subsequently fathered another daughter and three sons). O'Rourke trained as an accountant and went to work with the Bryan Morrison Agency, which became a part of NEMS Enterprises, as a junior agent and book keeper.
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