As expected, Casey Wasserman has raised the curtain on Wasserman Music, a new powerhouse player in music built on the back of Paradigm's former music division.Wasserman on Wednesday completed the complicated transaction that saw Paradigm sever off its music operation for sale as the company faced a spiraling financial crisis last year amid the hardships imposed by the pandemic.Wasserman Music will be headed by music business veterans Marty Diamond, Jonathan Levine, Jackie Nalpant, Sam Hunt, Corrie Martin, Lee Anderson and...
Wasserman
Casey
Wasserman
Chairman / CEO
Wasserman executed a series of acquisitions in 2022 that expanded his eponymous company’s global presence so it now spans six continents, 23 countries and more than 30 cities. He bought sports media, broadcast and consulting agency the Montag Group, baseball agency Jet Sports Management, golf specialists Mullhaupt Management and Esportif (rebranded as Wasserman Rugby). On the music side, he added to the 2021 acquisition of Paradigm’s U.S. live representation business by completing the purchase of the agency’s London-based booking arm (aka Coda Agency), further building out a Wasserman Music roster that includes Billie Eilish, Coldplay, Brandi Carlile, Dave Matthews Band, Imagine Dragons, Kacey Musgraves, Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar, Kenny Chesney and the Lumineers. He served as the host committee chairman for Super Bowl LVI in 2022.