Scooter Braun

Scooter Braun: Biography in Details

Who is Scooter Braun?

Scooter Braun is an American entrepreneur and record executive. He is the co-founder of the comic-film studio Mythos Studios and co-owner of the esports team 100 Thieves. In 2013, Time Magazine included him on its list of 100 most influential people in the world.

Scooter Braun: Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Childhood, Ethnicity

Scooter Braun was born as Scott Samuel Brown on June 18, 1981, in New York City, New York. As of 2020, his age is 38. He was born to parents, Ervin Braun(father) and Susan Braun(mother).

His parents are Conservative Jewish and they barely escaped ‘the Holocaust’ and lived in Hungary. In 1956, they fled to America where Evrin became a dentist and Susan became an orthodontist. The couple settled in Greenwich, Connecticut after marriage. 

Braun grew up with his four siblings, Adam, Sam, Liza, and Cornelio in Cos Cob, Connecticut. His brother, Adam, is the founder of ‘Pencils of Promise’, a charity organization.

His ethnicity is Jewish.

In which school did Scooter Braun attend?

Talking about his education, he attended Greenwich High School. Following that, he joined Emory University in Atlanta. He played college basketball there until his sophomore year. However, he dropped out of university without obtaining a degree after he was offered to be the head of marketing of So So Def.

How much is Scooter Braun Worth?

Scooter Braun has an estimated net worth of around $400 million. He manages some of the world’s biggest pops stars including Justin Beiber and Ariana Grande. Moreover, he has investments in Uber and Spotify. He is also the founder of  SB Projects and the co-founder of Mythos Studios.

In 2011 he had bought a property in L.A. for $5.7 million and sold it in 2015 for around $11.6 million. In 2012, he bought a house in West Hollywood for $2,450,000 and put it up for sale with an asking price of $3,925,000 in 2015. Similarly, he and his wife had bought a mansion in November 2014 for $13.1 million after selling their Sunset Strip home for $4.6 million.

Scooter Braun and Taylor Swift Controversy

Scooter was involved in a huge controversy with Taylor Swift in 2019. In 2019, Ithaca Holdings owned by Scooter Braun acquired Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group for $300 million. Swift made 6 albums with the Label Group and after her contract with them expired, she signed a deal with Republic Records and Universal Music Group. However, Big Machine still had ownership of her first six albums. After Taylor heard the news of Braun buying the group, she posted on Tumblr explaining how sad she is about the situation.

She also revealed that now she had to earn back her albums one by one, one for every new one she released. Moreover, she also labeled Scott a ‘manipulative bully’. Moreover, Kanye West, who was one of Braun’s clients, in the music video of ‘Famous’ showed someone like Taylor nude and said Taylor would still want to have sex with him because he made her famous.

Since then celebrities like Cara Delevingne, Halsey, Rihanna, etc. showed Taylor their support whereas Justin Beiber, Demi Lovato, etc. defended Braun.

Scooter Braun: Professional Life, Career

Braun began his career as a party organizer when he was studying at Emory University. He was then hired to organize after-parties on with Anger Management Tour.

Eventually, he met Jermaine Dupri, the director of So So Def. He gave him a marketing position at his company. The following year, he got the position of the Executive director for marketing and later started his own company.

One day, he saw a YouTube video of Justin Beiber who was singing a song by Ne Yo. He contacted his mom who then allowed him to move to Atlanta to work with him. They first released videos online and later he pitched him with Usher and Justin Timberlake. Since then, Justin became a megastar and he has been his manager all this time.

In 2013, he signed Ariana Grande onto his management company. Moreover, he has also worked with Asher Roth, Black Eyed Peas, Steve Angello, PSY, Kanye West, Lil Dicky, Carly Ray Jepsen, Martin Garrix, The Wanted, etc.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

He stands at a height of around 5 feet 11 inches. His weight is 80 kg. Braun has brown hair and brown eyes.

Is Scooter Braun active on social media?

Scott is active on social media sites. He is active on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. He has around 3.7 million followers on Twitter and around 746k followers on Facebook. Similarly, his Instagram account has around 3.4 million followers.

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