Brandon Silverstein (born September 10, 1991) is an American music executive, talent manager, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive officer of S10 Entertainment, a record label, artist management, music publishing, film, and investment company.[2][3][4] Silverstein is the chief executive officer of S10 Entertainment and Avex Music Group, the global music group of Japanese entertainment conglomerate Avex Inc, which was created through a partnership between S10 and Avex.[5]
Throughout his career, Silverstein has overseen projects that have yielded number-one song releases with artists, writers, and producers, generating billions of streams.[6]
Early life
While a high schooler 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.[2][7] As a freshman at Indiana University, Silverstein co-founded Bounce, an international touring EDM festival.[8] The first iteration of the festival took place on a farm[2] and was headlined by Avicii.[8][2] In his senior year, Silverstein dropped out of college to pursue his interest in music management.[2]
Career
S10 Entertainment
After college, Silverstein returned to New York and founded S10 Entertainment & Media, which provides artist management, recording, and publishing services while doubling as an investment company.[3][2] S10 Entertainment established a “creative partnership” with Jay-Z and Jay Brown’s Roc Nation in 2018.[9]
In 2022, Silverstein’s S10 Films division partnered with Simon Fuller to develop new projects across film and television.[10][11]
In 2024, Katsumi Kuroiwa, the CEO of Japanese entertainment conglomerate, Avex, announced that the company made a strategic investment into Silverstein’s S10 Entertainment.[11][12]
In March 2025, Avex acquired S10 Music Publishing’s entire catalog of songs, integrating S10 Publishing’s catalog into Avex’s pre-existing networks.[5]
Avex Music Group
At the same time as the March 2025 acquisition of S10 Music Publishing, Avex USA was consolidated under a new entity, Avex Music Group (AMG), and Silverstein was named as its chief executive officer. He became a partner in the company, having been given an equity stake in AMG, and joined its board of directors. Additionally, AMG holds the largest investment share of S10 Management, alongside Roc Nation and Silverstein himself.[5]
In addition to AMG’s management and publishing services, the entity also serves as a platform to distribute Avex’s Japanese artists into international markets, supporting acts like XG.[19]
Personal life
Silverstein is married to his wife, Julie.[1] They reside in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, having purchased the former home of the late actress Angela Lansbury in 2024.[citation needed]
Recognition
The executive has earned industry awards throughout his career, including the Forbes "30 Under 30"[20] in 2019, Variety’s “New Leaders” in 2021,[21] and Music Business Worldwide’s “Worlds Greatest Managers” in 2022.[22]Billboard has honored the executive on multiple occasions, including “40 Under 40"[23] and "Executive of the Week" in 2021,[24] “Latin Power” in 2022,[25] the magazine’s first-ever “Power Players’ Choice Award”[26] and its "Power 100" list in 2023,[26] and on its "Global Power Players" list in 2025.[27]
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
