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Steven Sarowitz

Founder & Director, Paylocity Holding

Search every verified Steven Sarowitz interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Steven Sarowitz, founder and director of Paylocity Holding and a figure associated with Wayfarer Studios, has recently discussed the legal dispute involving Blake Lively and his colleagues Justin Baldoni and Jamey Heath. In interviews from June and September 2026, Sarowitz stated that Baldoni and Heath were falsely accused and that the company was vindicated after a settlement, noting that 10 of 13 claims were thrown out and that the settlement did not involve paying money. He described the period as painful and expensive, and said he wished to move on without further conflict. Sarowitz also spoke about his Baha'i faith, which he said was portrayed negatively in media coverage of the dispute. He described the faith as open and non-hierarchical, contrasting it with characteristics he associated with cults. He mentioned that his faith helped him during the legal battle and that he remained supportive of Baldoni throughout. Additionally, Sarowitz said he has given away over $400 million, with plans to give away the majority of his wealth, focusing on underresourced communities including Black, brown, and Native American people, as well as women. He expressed a desire to be known for his philanthropic work and filmmaking rather than the controversy.

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“I've given away already over $400 million and I intend on giving away hundreds of millions of more really the great great majority of my wealth will be given away today primarily to the black, brown, and native American people, to women because I'm looking to work with communities that are underresourced. So, I look at everyone as one. And so, if there's a community that's receiving less traditionally, I'm trying to ”

“I think it's silly to call the Bahigh faith a cult. The first ten of the Bahigh faith is independent investigation of truth. So each person decides for themselves what they believe. There's no proletizing. There's no clergy. There's no central figure that we follow as would be typical. The faith is not secretive like a cult would be. All of our writings are very much in the open. Anyone who wants to can read the Bahi”

“The Bahigh faith says the number one thing that we have to deal with in this country is racism. So that's my number one thing.”

“I'm going to give away the great great majority of my fortune. And I've given away several hundred million already to organizations, mainly grassroots organizations. And I'm using the faith as a guidance.”

“I believe that anyone who truly studies any of the messengers, whether it be Buddha, Muhammad, Bahá'u'lláh, will fall in love with them because they're all unspeakably beautiful. What's the ugly part? The followers, including us, Bahá'ís. We're the ones who make it bad, including myself.”

“The problems of the world are not for lack of material wealth. They are spiritual. We are primarily spiritual beings. The reason I started the Wayfair Foundation and the reason I'm going to continue to give in this way is to have spiritual solutions to spiritual problems. Elevate the spirit with everything you do.”

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