Scooter Braun
American businessman
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| 2025 | Braun partnered Hybe America with Jermaine Dupri's So So Def to launch new music and cooperate on distribution and marketing. |
| 2024 | Honored by the Anti-Defamation League for his role in the Nova Festival Exhibit in New York City. |
| 2024 | Retired from artist management to become CEO of HYBE-America. |
| 2024 | Retired from artist management, concluding his long-standing career as a talent manager for numerous high-profile artists. |
| March 2024 | Launched a fundraising project with Care.org and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in Israel. |
| 2023 | Joined the board of directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. |
| 2023 | Hybe acquired Quality Control Music for $300 million, with Kevin 'Coach K' Lee and Pierre 'P' Thomas maintaining control of the label under Braun. |
| 2023 | Braun and Clive Davis presented Hybe's Chairman Bang Si-Hyuk with the Visionary award at Billboard's Power 100 Party. |
| December 2023 | Spoke at a rally in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square and shared a video on Instagram featuring a hostage's mother, highlighting his support for Israel and efforts to raise awareness about the hostage situation. |
| January 2023 | Braun was named the sole CEO of Hybe's American division. |
| 2022 | Supported developer Rick Caruso in the Los Angeles mayoral election, showing his continued participation in local political campaigns. |
| 2022 | Nominated for a Grammy award for his work as a producer and songwriter on Justin Bieber's album Justice. |
| 2022 | Received another Grammy Award nomination, further cementing his reputation in the music business. |
| September 2022 | Braun's divorce from Yael Cohen was finalized. |
| May 31 2022 | Braun met with BTS and US President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. |
| 2021 | Named Variety magazine's 'Music Mogul of the Year'. |
| July 2021 | Scooter Braun filed for divorce from Yael Cohen. |
| April 2021 | Hybe announced the acquisition of Ithaca Holdings for approximately $1.05 billion, with Braun becoming Hybe America's CEO and joining Hybe's board of directors. |
| 2020 | Co-created the TV series 'Karma'. |
| 2020 | Began serving as executive producer for the TV series 'Dave', continuing until 2022. |
| 2020 | Named to Fortune's '40 Under 40' list in media and entertainment. |
| 2020 | Ithaca Holdings sold the Big Machine album masters to Shamrock Holdings for a reported $405 million, earning Ithaca $265 million. |
| 2019 | Braun hosted a fundraiser for Kamala Harris's 2020 presidential campaign, continuing his involvement in supporting Democratic political candidates. |
| 2019 | Inducted into the Midem Hall of Fame. |
| 2019 | Acquired Big Machine Records, which resulted in a highly publicized dispute with Taylor Swift over the ownership of her music masters. |
| July 2019 | SB Projects signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios for television and film scripts. |
| 2018 | Braun and Yael Cohen had a daughter. |
| 2018 | Received the Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award for philanthropic efforts. |
| 2018 | Received the Save the Children's Humanitarian Award. |
| 2018 | Scooter Braun collaborated with David Maisel to establish Mythos Studios, a new venture aimed at producing live-action and animated comic book movie franchises. |
| 2018 | Variety reported that FX ordered a pilot for Dave, a comedy executive-produced by Braun featuring Kevin Hart and Lil Dicky, which became the most-watched show in FX history in its first season. |
| 2017 | Organized Hand in Hand, a telethon that raised $55 million for relief efforts related to Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. |
| 2017 | Nominated for a Grammy award for his work as a producer and songwriter on Justin Bieber's album Purpose. |
| 2017 | Appeared on the cover of Variety magazine's Hitmakers. |
| 2017 | Nominated for a Grammy Award, recognizing his contributions to the music industry. |
| June 14 2017 | Organized One Love Manchester, a benefit concert and television special in response to the Manchester Arena bombing, alongside Grande, Simon Moran, and Melvin Benn. |
| 2016 | Served as creative executive producer for the Radio Disney Music Awards TV show. |
| 2016 | Braun and Yael Cohen had their second son. |
| 2016 | Received the Humanitarian Award at the Billboard Touring Awards for philanthropic support of Pencils of Promise, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Fuck Cancer. |
| 2016 | Braun's company facilitated a partnership between Kanye West and sneaker brand Adidas. |
| 2016 | SB Projects brokered Justin Bieber's Calvin Klein endorsement for the Purpose World Tour, which ran through 2016-2017. |
| 2015 | Worked as musical producer for the film 'Jem and the Holograms'. |
| 2015 | Braun and Yael Cohen welcomed their first son. |
| 2015 | Scooter Braun hosted a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton at his home, demonstrating his political engagement and support for the Democratic presidential candidate. |
| 2014 | Began executive producing the CBS drama Scorpion, which continued until 2018. |
| July 6 2014 | Scooter Braun married Yael Cohen in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, at her parents' house. |
| 2013 | Braun was included in the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. |
| April 20 2013 | Appeared on the cover of Billboard magazine alongside Guy Oseary and Troy Carter. |
| January 2013 | Braun signed Ariana Grande to his music management roster at the beginning of the year. |
| 2012 | Braun was awarded an ACLU Bill of Rights award, recognizing his contributions to civil liberties. |
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