Scott Samuel "Scooter" Braun was born on June 18,1981 and is an American music executive, business magnate, and entrepreneur.
32 Facts About Scooter Braun
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Ervin grew up in Queens, and became a dentist and high-school basketball coach; Susan Schlussel Scooter Braun was an orthodontist.
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Scooter Braun attended Greenwich High School where he was elected class president.
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Scooter Braun attended Emory University in Atlanta where he played college basketball until his sophomore year.
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In 2002, Scooter Braun was hired to plan after-parties in each of the five cities on the Anger Management Tour, featuring Ludacris and Eminem.
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Scooter Braun was 19 years old when Dupri asked him to join So So Def in a marketing position, and 20 when Dupri named him So So Def's executive director for marketing.
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Scooter Braun started his own marketing business by brokering a $12 million campaign deal between Ludacris and Pontiac; the music video for Ludacris' "Two Miles an Hour" featured a Pontiac while Pontiac's commercials featured the song.
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Scooter Braun became involved with Justin Bieber and got his mother to bring her son to Atlanta for a no-strings-attached trial period.
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Scooter Braun signed Ariana Grande to his record label in 2013.
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Scooter Braun managed the careers of Psy, Tori Kelly, Carly Rae Jepsen, Martin Garrix, Kanye West, Black Eyed Peas, David Guetta, Lil Dicky and others.
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Scooter Braun produced Never Say Never, a documentary about Bieber that MTV reported in 2011 as "one of the highest grossing music documentaries in domestic box-office history".
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Scooter Braun was the executive producer of Burden, Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, The Giver, The Boy from Medellin, and Project Runway among others.
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Scooter Braun was an executive producer for the CBS drama Scorpion, which aired from 2014 until 2018.
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In 2018, Variety reported that FX had ordered a pilot of Dave, a comedy executive-produced by Scooter Braun that included actor Kevin Hart and rapper Lil Dicky.
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In 2007 Scooter Braun established SB Projects, an entertainment and marketing company encompassing a range of ventures including Schoolboy Records, SB Management, and Sheba Publishing, a songwriting firm.
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Scooter Braun brokered a partnership between Kanye West and sneaker brand, Adidas.
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Ithaca Holdings, Scooter Braun's holding company that includes SB Projects, raised $120 million in 2010 for venture capital.
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On May 31,2022, Scooter Braun visited with BTS and US President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss the recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.
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In 2018, The New York Times reported that Scooter Braun had joined David Maisel, founding chairman of Marvel Studios to form Mythos Studios to produce comic book movie franchises in live-action and animated formats.
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In 2012, Scooter Braun was awarded an ACLU Bill of Rights award.
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In 2013, Scooter Braun was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
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Scooter Braun appeared a second time on the cover of Billboard in its April 20,2013, issue, alongside Guy Oseary and Troy Carter.
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In 2016 Scooter Braun won the award for "Best Talent Manager" at the 3rd annual "International Music Industry Awards" presented by Shazam at the 12th annual MUSEXPO in Los Angeles.
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Scooter Braun was nominated as a producer and writer for two Grammy Awards, in 2017 and 2022.
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In 2017, Scooter Braun appeared on the cover of both, Variety magazine's Hitmakers issue and Success magazine's Gratitude issue.
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In 2018, Scooter Braun was honored with the Music Biz 2018 Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award for his philanthropic efforts in 2017.
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Scooter Braun received the Save the Children's Humanitarian Award that year.
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Scooter Braun hosted a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton at his home in 2015.
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Scooter Braun supported developer Rick Caruso in the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election.
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Scooter Braun is involved in various charities including the Scooter Braun Family Foundation.
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Scooter Braun coordinated a charity single, "Stuck With U", by Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande to raise money to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In 2023, Scooter Braun joined the board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.