Guy Oseary (@guyoseary) has been spotting talent before anyone else could see it for nearly four decades. Under his leadership at Maverick Records, Maverick sold more than 100 million albums. Guy has managed some of the biggest names in music, including Madonna, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and U2, and was named Variety‘s Music Mogul of the Year in 2022. He executive produced Twilight, which became one of the most successful franchises in movie history, generating more than $3.5B.
Guy was also an early investor in Vita Coco and co-founded A-Grade Investments and then Sound Ventures, now with nearly $2 billion under management. At A-Grade, his hits included Airbnb, Uber, and Spotify. Sound Ventures launched with less than $100M and has since had 86 exits and 26 IPOs.
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Connect with Guy Oseary:
Music
- Candlebox by Candlebox
- Come to Daddy by Aphex Twin
- Confessions on a Dance Floor by Madonna
- Frozen by Madonna
- Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
- Music by Madonna
- Perfect by Alanis Morissette
- Purple Rain by Prince
- Ray of Light by Madonna
- You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette
Films & TV
Books
- Where Did I Go Right?: You’re No One in Hollywood Unless Someone Wants You Dead by Bernie Brillstein
People & Bands
- Jonas Åkerlund
- Sam Altman
- Dario Amodei
- Aphex Twin
- Glen Ballard
- Jim Balsillie
- Marc Benioff
- Bernie Brillstein
- Candlebox
- Rosemary Carroll
- Kurt Cobain
- Chris Cunningham
- Sky Dayton
- Freddy DeMann
- Paul Drews
- Daniel Ek
- Effie Epstein
- Evil E
- Shawn Fanning
- Flea
- John Frusciante
- Michael Goldstone
- Bill Gross
- Woody Harrelson
- Hen Gee
- Hole
- Michael Hutchence
- Ice-T
- Billy Idol
- INXS
- Anthony Kiedis
- Neerav Kingsland
- Mike Kirban
- Jack Kornfield
- Josh Kushner
- Ashton Kutcher
- Courtney Love
- Madonna
- Matthew McConaughey
- Mirwais
- Demi Moore
- Mark Morgan
- Alanis Morissette
- Morrissey
- Muse
- Elon Musk
- Nirvana
- William Orbit
- Sean Parker
- Prince
- The Prodigy
- Rage Against the Machine
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Steve Rifkind
- Chris Rock
- Seth Rodsky
- Stéphane Sednaoui
- Mikey Shulman
- Chad Smith
- John Somorjai
- U2
- Reese Witherspoon
Companies & Organizations
- Airbnb
- Anthropic
- Brillstein Entertainment Partners
- EarthLink
- Epic Records
- Fred Segal
- Geffen Records (DGC)
- Idealab
- Maverick Entertainment Group
- Maverick Management
- MTV
- Napster
- OpenAI
- Research In Motion / BlackBerry
- Rhyme Syndicate
- Salesforce Ventures
- Sound Ventures
- SpaceX
- Spotify
- Suno
- Thrive Capital
- Uber
- The Vita Coco Company
- Vitaminwater (Glacéau)
- Wise Guy Prods
Tools & Apps
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