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Brandon Silverstein is an American entrepreneur and entertainment industry executive. He is the founder and CEO of S10 Entertainment, a record label, artist management, music publishing, film, and investment company.
Career
While in high school in Tenafly, New Jersey, Silverstein created and promoted independent parties and events in New York City in addition to booking talent for Noah Tepperberg's clubs. As a freshman at Indiana University, Silverstein co-founded a music festival with the first iterations taking place on a farm with Avicii and Tiesto headlining. In his senior year, Silverstein dropped out of college to pursue his interest in music management. He returned to New York where a meeting with Jay Z and Jay Brown, the co-founder and CEO of Roc Nation, led him to found his own company: S10 Entertainment & Media. Roc Nation and S10 formed a partnership in 2018.
Through S10, Silverstein has represented top artists, managing the first global number one records for Myke Towers and Normani. In 2020 he launched S10 Publishing and formed partnerships with Ryan Tedder and Avex. Silverstein has also been involved in global hits like Justin Bieber’s "Peaches", which won “Song of the Year” at the 2022 BMI R&B/Hip Hop Awards and “Most Performed” at the 2022 BMI Pop Awards. Additional hit songs published by the company include Doja Cat's "Agora Hills", Jack Harlow's "First Class", Post Malone's "I Like You" (featuring Doja Cat) and Drake and 21 Savage's "Calling for You". In 2022, Silverstein’s S10 Films division partnered with Simon Fuller to develop new projects across film, television, documentary and audio mediums.
The executive has earned a number of industry awards throughout his career, including the Forbes "30 Under 30" in 2019, Variety’s “New Leaders” in 2021, and Music Business Worldwide’s “Worlds Greatest Managers” in 2022. Billboard has honored the executive on multiple occasions, including “40 Under 40" and "Executive of the Week" in 2021, “Latin Power” in 2022, and in 2023, he was awarded the magazine’s first-ever “Power Players’ Choice Award,” part of their annual Power 100 ranking of the music industry's most powerful executives.
