Jamie Salter (businessman)

Jamie Salter is a Canadian business executive. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of Authentic Brands Group, an American brand development and licensing company based out of New York City. Prior to his time at Authentic Brands Group, he served as the CEO of Hilco Consumer Capital.[1]

Career

Salter is a native of Toronto, Canada and began his career marketing sporting goods in the 1980s.[2] In 1992, he co-founded the snowboard manufacturer Ride Inc. which became publicly traded on the Nasdaq in 1994. Salter stepped down as the company CEO in 1996.[2] Salter worked with several other sporting good ventures prior to joining his next major venture, Hilco Consumer Capital.[2]

Salter is the co-founder of Hilco Consumer Capital, the private equity unit of Hilco Trading LLC, which he helped start in December 2006.[3] He left Hilco in 2010 to start his own company, Authentic Brands Group. The company acquires rights to brand names and owns the rights to cultural legends such as Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, and Elvis Presley.[4] Within six years, he grew it into a $1.5 billion company and earned a reputation as a brand expert.[4]

References
  1. Covert, James (16 January 2010). "Hilco CEO heads for the hills". New York Post. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. Daly, John (26 April 2012). "Toronto native Jamie Salter rebrands Marilyn Monroe". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. Yue, Lorene (15 January 2010). "Hilco Consumer Capital CEO resigning". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  4. Fickenscher, Lisa; Kosman, Josh (28 November 2016). "Meet the man making millions off dead people". New York Post. Retrieved 25 September 2017.


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