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Carl Stubner is an American talent manager and entertainment industry veteran who's guided the careers of a number of prominent entertainers including Fleetwood Mac, ZZ Top and Andrew Dice Clay. Throughout his career, Stubner has earned a reputation for re-packaging and re-launching artists, as well as building artists from the ground up and operating entertainment companies.

Career
Stubner began his entertainment career in 1989 in the mail room of management firm Gallin Morey Associates where he struck up a close relationship with comedian Andrew Dice Clay, eventually becoming his tour director.

By 1993, Stubner launched his own artist management company, Deluxe Entertainment, where he managed several acts including C+C Music Factory, House of Pain and Mick Fleetwood. During this time, Stubner helped reunite the members of Fleetwood Mac which resulted in a top-rated MTV special and a world tour. The reunited band's live album The Dance debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, spent seven months in the top 40 and sold over 6,000,000 copies worldwide.

In 1999, Deluxe was merged with Eagle Cove Entertainment where Stubner was responsible for producing a number of hit soundtracks, including Dr. Dolittle II, Big Momma’s House, Next Friday and Detroit Rock City. Stubner signed Tommy Lee during this time, and the duo went on to create a number of multimedia endeavors, including records by Lee's Methods of Mayhem, solo albums, the autobiography Tommyland, and the TV shows Rock Star: Supernova, Tommy Lee Goes to College and Battleground Earth.

In 2002, Stubner was made partner at Immortal Entertainment and appointed president of the firm's music management division. He brought several acts into the fold at Immortal including The Cult, Everlast, Tommy Lee and Mick Fleetwood.

In 2003, it was announced the Stubner would be joining Sanctuary Artist Management as co-president. In addition to bringing acts including Something Corporate and The Von Bondies to the firm, Stubner launched a joint venture label within Sanctuary Records Group.

By 2004, Stubner had been named CEO of Sanctuary Artist Management, and shortly thereafter, he signed Texas rockers ZZ Top. As CEO of Sanctuary, he oversaw such prominent acts as Elton John, Destiny's Child, Nirvana, Guns n Roses, Beyoncé, Whitesnake, Alanis Morissette, [Boston_(band)|Boston]] and Iron Maiden. In 2007, Universal Music Group purchased Sanctuary Group for $88 million, and Stubner was named CEO of Sanctuary Music Group under the new ownership. Stubner also opened the firm's Nashville branch, expanding both the firm's country and rock artist rosters.

Suretone Entertainment — an artist management company, record label, and film and television production company — was formed in 2013 when Stubner joined forces with Jordan Schur with each serving as co-chairman. Suretone's current artist management roster includes Collective Soul, Buckingham McVie, Ded,A Perfect Circle, Kevin Griffin, Better than Ezra, Puscifer, ZZ Top, Mick Fleetwood, Fleetwood Mac, Christine McVie, Velvet Revolver, Emerson Hart, Lonestar, Goodbye June, Tonic, Ben Miller Band and Humming House. Other key members of the Suretone team include A&R veterans Dino Paredes and Tom Storms.

In addition to his substantial music production and management credits, Stubner has also produced the film Pawn Shop Chronicles, documentaries Dear Jack and Sunset Strip, as well as live performance DVDs ZZ Top Live in Texas and The Cult's Music without Fear. His television credits include Rock Star: Supernova, Tommy Lee Goes to College and Battleground Earth. Under Stubner's direction, Suretone is currently producing the films Revenge Wedding and Jackie Chan's Five Against a Bullet starring Bruce Willis.