Scooter Braun Is Alive

ORIGIN
Scooter Braun is an American entrepreneur, talent manager, investor, film producer, and music executive. He’s best known for discovering and managing pop singer Justin Bieber. He’s since worked with artists like Carly Rae Jepsen, Ariana Grande, Hillary Duff, and Tori Kelly. Braun is the founder of the entertainment/media company SB Projects. His holding company ‘Ithaca Holdings LLC’ owns ventures in industries like music, film/television, gaming, and technology. He’s also the co-founder of ‘Raymond Braun Media Group’ with Usher, and the film studio ‘Mythos Studios’ with David Maisel.

Given name, Scott Samuel Braun, he was born on June 18, 1981, in New York City. He has siblings, Liza, Adam, Cornelio, and Sam. His father, Ervin, is a dentist, and his mother, Susan, is an orthodontist. They’re originally from Hungary. Braun spent his childhood in the neighborhood of Cos Cob, Connecticut. He attended Greenwich High School and played competitive basketball in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). During high school, he made a 10-min documentary “The Hungarian Conflict” made it all the way to filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Braun continued his studies and basketball career at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He dropped out shy of a degree in order to join the marketing team at Jermaine Dupri‘s So So Def Recordings.

CAREER
Braun kicked off his career in the entertainment industry as a party organizer. He was the go-to-guy for the 2002 Anger Management Tour (featuring Ludacris and Eminem). His work caught the attention of Jermaine Dupri who hired him for his So So Def label. Braun’s title at So So Def was later elevated to that of executive director for marketing. Outside the studio, he organized parties for the NBA All-Star Game (2003) and for Britney Spears‘ 2003 Onyx Hotel Tour. Braun would eventually leave So So Def to start his own entertainment and marketing company.

In 2008, Braun co-founded the media/record company ‘Raymond Braun Media Group’ (RBMG) alongside Usher. The company produces and promotes music. RBMG has a business partnership with Def Jam and Universal Music. Braun first discovered 12-year-old Justin Bieber in 2006 via the YouTube platform. He invited Bieber to Atlanta, introduced him to the right people, and helped him secure a recording contract with RBMG and Island Def Jam. Bieber’s debut EP, My World (2009), was certified platinum in the US, and his debut album, My World 2 (2010), was certified 3x platinum. Braun went on to produce Bieber’s documentary film, Never Say Never (2011). It made $99 million on a $13 budget.

Braun’s full-service entertainment company ‘SB Projects’ first launched in 2007. SB Projects is the umbrella company for Schoolboy Record, Sheba Publishing, SB Management, and the aforementioned RBMG. Braun’s holding company ‘Ithaca Holdings LLC’ owns interests in a number of other music-management companies. They acquired Big Machine Records (Taylor Swift‘s former recording company) in June 2019. He’s also made investments in companies like Spotify and Uber. In 2018, Braun co-founded the film studio ‘Mythos Studio’ with David Maisel. The company specializes in transforming comic book franchises into animated films and series.

Since his debut, Braun has won multiple awards and honors. In 2016, he picked up a Grammy Award nomination for album of the year (Purpose). He was dubbed one of the world’s most influential people by Time Magazine in 2013. In 2018, Braun won the Music Biz Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award for his philanthropic contributions in 2017. He was honored at the 2019 Jefferson Awards for Public Service in New York.

PERSONAL
Scooter Braun’s height is 5ft 11in and he’s of Hungarian-Jewish descent. His net worth is estimated at $400 million USD. He earns from his job as a talent manager, through investments, and from his holding company Ithaca Holdings. He paid a reported $300 million to acquire Big Machine Records in 2019. Braun married Canadian philanthropist/health activist ‘Yael Cohen’ in July 2014. They began dating 1 year prior. The couple welcomed their son, Jagger Joseph, in February 2015, followed by their daughter, Levi Magnus, in November 2016. Their third child, Hart Violet, was born in December 2018.

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