Braun Gave $50M in Stock to Employees and Artists in HYBE Deal
Scooter Braun · Scooter Braun on Being Enough, Insecurity, Wealth, Investing, Fame, Marriage and Much More | E1002 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Apr 17, 2023 · at 25:37
Scooter Braun is the founder of Ithaca Holdings and TQ Ventures. He describes how he shared equity from the $1B+ sale of Ithaca Holdings to South Korean entertainment company HYBE.
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“So I gave fifty million dollars of my own stock away to my employees and my artists when I received, you know, my payment.”
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