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Glenn Toby

Glenn Toby is a celebrity sports and talent agent who has managed, represented, advised, consulted and/or partnered with many high profile and celebrity clientele, such as: LL Cool J, 50 Cent, Saigon, Swizzbeats, Don King , Bernard Hopkins, Asante Samuel, and David Banner. Currently, Glenn has built a firm that handles Fortune 500 companies in the music and sports industries, along with insurance and banking the needs of a very elite corporate clientele including: Metlife, New England Financial, and BMG / Sony Music. Glenn Toby's athletic and entertainment ventures landed him among the top tier of power players; but, it is his nonprofit organizations which propel him into a league of his own.

In 1998 Glenn founded the Book Bank Foundation in an effort to boost literacy among the nation’s youth - with a specific emphasis on inner city children. Providing tutoring, alternative education, career development and special projects such as celebrity readings, the Book Bank Foundation aims to improve the quality of education and life for the most helpless victims of this country’s unequal social and economic system. Because the foundation exists strictly nonprofit, Glenn and his associates seek corporate and individual sponsors to continue funding the books, qualified teachers and programs delivered to the children everyday.

On December 11, 2010, Raymond Felton, Co-captain of the New York Knicks, received the Hero Award for 2010 from the Book Bank Foundation along with the late John Andrew Thorburn, Staff Sgt and war veteran of the United States Army, whos son, Rapper R.A. The Rugged Man, accepted this award proudly. The BBF board and advisers select key individuals that have made great strides improving the community and in their respective fields and recognizes them with The Book Bank Foundation’s Hero Award.

In addition to the foundation, Glenn works relentlessly to collect and distribute clothing, food and toys for the homeless. In the past, he also participated in the Camp Cool-J project, Americorps, and the Jerry Lewis Foundation. Glenn Toby also travels around the country as a guest speaker sharing his long road to success – including 8 years of his childhood spent on the streets of New York.

Glenn Toby has been featured through various media vehicles, detailed in the Glenn Toby 2010 Media Kit. Television coverage include, but are not limited to: CNN, ESPN, MTV, MTV2, BET, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, FOX News, and FOX Sports. Radio Coverage include, but are not limited to: Bloomberg Radio, National Public Radio, Power 105.1 FM New York, XM Radio, and V103 FM Atlanta. Newspaper coverage include, but are not limited to: Associated Press, USA Today, New York Newsday, New York Post Page 6, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta Voice, Minnesota Star Tribune, Philadelphia Weekly, and The Queen Chronicle Newspaper. Magazine coverage include, but are not limited to: Jet Magazine, The Source Magazine, King Magazine, Blues & Soul Magazine, and Boxing Digest Magazine.

Glenn Toby has earned the trust of the NFL's Elite Football players such as Asante Samuel, Josh Evans, Damien Robinson and Chester Taylor. He has appeared on ‪ESPN's sports talk show Quite Frankly Via his companies, Infinite Sports Concepts and Total Entertainment Athlete Management, Glenn and his partner Alonzo Shavers provide full scale client services which include contract negotiations, publicity, marketing and legal assistance. And while negotiating these peripheral contracts for his well-established athletes, Glenn still finds time to shape the musical careers of new artists such as his latest protégé, Saigon. As a former member of the LL Cool J management team, Glenn Toby is able to provide the proper guidance and support for an aspiring emcee already earning the respect of everyone from Jay-Z to Dougie Fresh.

Further References: University of Florida Entertainment & Sports Law Society, You Tube