Brandon Silverstein

Brandon Silverstein is an American entrepreneur, investor, 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 back to New York and established S10 Entertainment & Media. Silverstein and his company S10 later formed a music management partnership with Jay Z and Jay Brown, the co-founders of Roc Nation, leading to numerous collaborations.

Through S10, Silverstein has represented top artists, managing the first global number one records for Myke Towers, Normani, and Anitta. 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 was nominated for “Song of the Year” at the 2022 Grammy Awards and won “Song of the Year” at the 2022 BMI R&B/Hip Hop Awards and “Most Performed” at the 2022 BMI Pop Awards, and Tate McRae's "Greedy", which reached number one on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart, the Billboard Global 200 and on the Spotify Global chart, and number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Additional hit songs published by the company that contributed to over 12 billion streams include Doja Cat's "Agora Hills", which landed at number one on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart for one week, 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.

Recognition
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.