MEET JAN S. KLUTH

An accomplished entrepreneur, C-suite executive, multi-faceted consultant, advisor and dealmaker, author Jan Kluth possesses unique experience, success and insight into the intersection of music, entertainment, media, technology and consumer goods in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.

He conceived, initiated and was conduit for a $100+ million deal between a unit of a European media conglomerate and a U.S. multi-channel network and artist management company. As JV partner and head of business development, Jan was instrumental in the domestic and international expansion and subsequent sale of a U.S. music, marketing, merchandise/e-commerce/ticketing start-up whose clients included Beyoncé, The Rolling Stones and Miley Cyrus, for an amount in the upper seven figures.

As the first non-Asian senior executive for a leading Asian music and entertainment company, Jan was at the forefront of the continuing globalization of the K-Pop movement and successfully conceptualized and/or executed projects with pan-Asian superstars, such as the Wonder Girls, 2PM and Rain—the three-time winner of the TIME Magazine 100 poll in which readers were asked to rank who they think are the world’s most influential people.

Jan was also an integral part of building the branded entertainment unit for a leading European media conglomerate before becoming a partner in an award-winning content marketing company where he conceptualized, initiated, negotiated and/or executed numerous successful projects with clients such as Samsung, Toyota and Bacardi.

Educated in Germany, USA, UK and Spain, Jan holds three business degrees from colleges and universities in the UK and Germany and is fluent in four languages. Jan’s two-decade long international experience in the most important areas of the music business (touring /live, brand partnerships, merchandise, publishing, recorded music) has given him an in-depth understanding of and perspective on the global music industry.