Jay Faires

Jay Faires is an entrepreneur and investor who founded record label Mammoth Records, entertainment company Band of Outsiders, investment and advisory vehicle JFE,[1][2][3] and other companies.[4] He invests, serves on boards, and advises in wellness, music, and fashion, including Mind Body Green as well as Seed & Spark.[5][6][7] Faires has held senior-executive positions at Disney Music Group and Warner Music Group,[1] and was President of Music at Lionsgate.[8]

Non-Profit

He serves as an advisor or board member for Women @ the Frontier,[9] 15X15,[10][11] Invisible Children / 4th Estate[12] and My Friend's Place.[13]

Lionsgate

Faires was President of Music at Lionsgate. His department oversaw music for their film and TV slate, released its soundtracks and scores and was involved with Lionsgate’s music documentaries. The music team received two Oscar ® nominations for Marco Beltrami’s score for 3:10 to Yuma and Bird York’s song “In The Deep” for Best Picture winner Crash.[8][14] While there, the value of the music publishing asset doubled. He worked closely with many of the biggest names in music for their slate with he and his team bringing in new music from: Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, James Blunt, Elvis Costello, Dr. Dre, John Legend, Linkin Park, Rise Against, Serj Tankian, U2, Amy Winehouse and Rob Zombie.[15]

BNY Music & Mammoth Records

He previously founded Mammoth Records – an independent record label, publishing and lifestyle marketing company. He exited Mammoth, selling to the Walt Disney Company for a 65x return on capital.[1] Then, he built his music publishing company, BNY Music, which he sold to Lionsgate.[4] Faires has executive produced concert films EDC: Experience,[16][17] Free Tibet,[18] and the Coldplay concert film licensed to Epix.[19][20]

Education, Educational and Foundation Seats, Awards

He earned a Bachelor's degree with Honors from The University of the South where he was Young Alumnus of the Year in 2000, executive-in-residence for the Babson Center for Global Commerce in 2009 and sat on the University's Board of Trustees.[21][22] He received his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University where he gave the keynote address at the inauguration of their Center for Entrepreneurship in 2006.[23] In 2008, he received the Joseph Papp Racial Harmony Award from the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding.[24]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Corporate Wooing and Winning of Mammoth Records - New York Times". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  2. ↑ "Jay Faires | LinkedIn". linkedin.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  3. ↑ "Jay Faires stops by the CO.LAB - The Company Lab (CO.LAB)". colab.co. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Baby New Year Music Acquires David Bowie Copyrights | Market Wire - Legal Mojo". legalmojo.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  5. ↑ "Your Guide to Wellness - MindBodyGreen.com". mindbodygreen.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  6. ↑ "Who we are | Seed&Spark". seedandspark.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  7. ↑ ", Jason Wachob’s company, MindBodyGreen, just closed...". blog.summit.co. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Faires tunes in Lionsgate | Variety". variety.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  9. ↑ "About | Women At The Frontier". womenatthefrontier.org. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  10. ↑ "LA Screening at SoHo House attracts Media Insiders — The Right to Heal". therighttoheal.org. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  11. ↑ "15X15 CAMPAIGN — The Right to Heal". therighttoheal.org. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  12. ↑ "Advisory Council | Invisible Children". invisiblechildren.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  13. ↑ "Leadership : My Friend's Place". myfriendsplace.org. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  14. ↑ "Jay Faires - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  15. ↑ "Jay Faires | Credits | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  16. ↑ "Electric Daisy Carnival Experience (2011) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  17. ↑ "Electric Daisy Carnival Experience - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  18. ↑ "Free Tibet (1998) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  19. ↑ "EPIX To Premiere Coldplay Live 2012 Tour Film - The Business Journals". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  20. ↑ "Coldplay: Live 2012 (Official Trailer) | EPIX - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  21. ↑ "Jay Faires, C’85, president of music at Lionsgate, to speak | Sewanee Today | Sewanee: The University of the South". news.sewanee.edu. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  22. ↑ "Spring Babson Center Events | Sewanee Today | Sewanee: The University of the South". news.sewanee.edu. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  23. ↑ "Fuqua to Open Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Duke Today". today.duke.edu. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  24. ↑ "ISSUU - Dan's Papers Aug. 8, 2008 by Dan's Papers". issuu.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.