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| Industry | Entertainment management |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 in London, England, United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Joe Sugg Caspar Lee |
| Website | www |
MVE Management (formerly known as Margravine Management) is a talent management company founded in 2018 by Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee in partnership with IMG. [1] [2] [3] The company was originally headquartered in London, England, and expanded to the United States in 2023. [4]
MVE is a joint venture with IMG and influencers Joe Sugg and Caspar Lee. [1] It was founded in 2018 under the name Margravine Management, as Sugg and Lee expressed interest in pivoting from content creation to the entertainment business. [5] It was cited to be the first company to offer talent led support in the influencer industry. [3]
In October 2019 they signed the family vlogger and musician LadBaby. [6] In September 2022 Dean Ondrus Coulson and Claudia Parrinello were appointed to oversee US operations before taking a global role from Jan 2023. In 2023, they rebranded as MVE, and opened an office in Los Angeles, California to acquire talent in the United States. [4] In July 2024, Minnie Harding was hired as UK Talent Boss, formerly at Simon Cowell's agency, YMU. [7]
The current roster of talent at MVE: [8]
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