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Christopher "Chris" Bauman (b.1981) is a entertainment businessman from Chicago largely credited with the reclamation of the American music scene after it was decimated by the COVID-19 Pandemic. He is responsible for forming the National Independent Venue Association which lobbied the American legislature to pass the $16b COVID-19 Rescue Bill for the American music industry. He is also well known in the Chicago music scene as a champion for independent music and credited with the monetary rescue of the entertainment industry through a project called Save Our Stages.

Bauman began his career booking local entertainment acts for Chicago venues. He built his client base to nine separate entertainment companies and music venues as part of the Zenith Music Group, which he founded, which includes the Patio Theater, Avondale Music Hall, SPKRBX Presents, and Genesis Presents. He is also the CEO of FanFound.