Matrix exponent and representations of $\mathbb{R}$

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It is well known that $\exp(C^{-1}AC)=C^{-1}\exp(A)C$, where $C$ is an invertible matrix. Really,

$$\exp(A)=\sum{}\frac{A^k}{k!} \quad \text{and} \quad (C^{-1}AC)^k=C^{-1}A^kC,$$

so the first equality is obvious. The problem in the book on the representation theory is formulated as follows:

Prove that $\exp(C^{-1}AC)=C^{-1}\exp(A)C$, avoiding explicit evaluations.

How to do it? Using some simple facts from linear algebra?