Josh Gruss
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| Born | March 14, 1974 New York City, United States | ||
| Nationality | American | ||
| Citizenship | United States of America | ||
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Label(s) | Round Hill Music | ||
Josh Gruss[1] is a music publishing mogul[2], the Chairman, CEO[3], Chief Executive Officer[4] and founder of Round Hill Music[5] Royalty Partners[6].
Before helping start Round Hill Josh earned an MBA from Columbia University, London Business School and graduated with a B.A. from Trinity College[7]. Gruss worked at Sony Music, Atlantic Records, Warner Music Group[8], Gruss Asset Management and at Bear Stearns & Co.[9] He also is a member of the Board of Trustees at Berklee College of Music[10] in Boston.
In 2010 Gruss helped establish Round Hill Music as the first private equity fund[11] and helped bring capital to artists such as The Beatles[12] and The Offspring. Josh also helped acquire the publisher Carlin[13] and acquired the rights to over 150,000[14] songs recorded by the likes of The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Bruno Mars, Tim McGraw, Black Sabbath, Daughtry, Craig David, The Cult[15], Kiss, Limp Bizkit, Blues Traveler, Bruno Mars and Skid Row[16].
In 2014 Josh Gruss and songwriter Marti Frederiksen acquired and restored Quad Studios Nashville[17].
Josh was the Reissue Executive Producer on 4 of Bush (British band) release's The Science of Things, Deconstructed, Razorblade Suitcase and Sixteen Stone[18]. He is also the guitarist and songwriter in the hard rock band Rubikon[19], who's song "Blood on My Hands" peaked at #37 in Main Stream Rock on Billboard in 2019.[20]
On Jan 28th, 2021 Josh was included in Billboard (magazine)'s[21] Change Agents: Leaders Stepping Up In A Year of Turmoil as he was responsible for helping raise nearly $600 million for acquisitions, including $328 million with a public listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Josh has toured with Rubikon and opened up for bands Disturbed[22], Black Label Society, Damageplan, Sevendust, Shinedown, Nonpoint, The Cult[23], Tesla, Pop Evil, and Candlebox[24].
In the media
References
- ↑ Questions Answered: Josh Gruss, CEO of Round Hill Music", "Billboard.com", July 24th, 2014
- ↑ Golden Oldies: How To Become A Music Publishing Mogul", “Forbes.com", March 3rd, 2014
- ↑ EXEC PROFILE: JOSH GRUSS OF ROUND HILL MUSIC", "musicconnection.com", Nov. 29th 2013
- ↑ Round Hill Music Raises Its Largest Music Royalty Fund to Date", “Businesswire.com", Nov. 18, 2017
- ↑ THE EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS OF JOSHUA GRUSS, THE CEO OF ROUND HILL MUSIC", “Ronntorossian.com", Dec. 7, 2017
- ↑ Round Hill Music Royalty Partners Closes First Fund at Over $200 Million", "Businesswire.com", July 24th, 2014
- ↑ Jessica Siebel, Joshua Gruss", "Nytimes.com", March 26th, 2017
- ↑ An EMBA journey: From Wall St to music boss", "Ft.com", Oct. 20th 2013
- ↑ Joshua Gruss "Josh" Chairman/CEO/Founder, Round Hill Music Royalty Partners", "Bloomberg.com"
- ↑ Alumnus Berklee Trustee; CEO, Round Hill Music", "Berklee.edu", 1997
- ↑ Round Hill Music Brings Private Equity Cash to Hitmakers From the Beatles to the Offspring", "Billboard.com", Aug. 11th, 2017
- ↑ Hedge fund boss Josh Gruss set to bank $10m as Round Hill music fund aims for float”, "thetimes.co.uk", Oct. 26th, 2020
- ↑ AFTER SPENDING NEARLY $250M ON CARLIN, ROUND HILL MUSIC IS HUNGRY FOR MORE", "Musicbusinessworldwide.com", March 21st, 2018
- ↑ Artists Can Make Millions Selling Their Catalogs to Private Equity. Should They?”, "Vice.com", Jan. 15th, 2021
- ↑ ROUND HILL BUYS CATALOG OF BILLY DUFFY, SONGWRITER AND GUITARIST WITH UK ROCK BAND, THE CULT", "Musicbusinessworldwide.com", Jan. 13th, 2020
- ↑ Round Hill Music Signs Publishing Deal With Skid Row", "Allaccess.com", July 8th, 2020
- ↑ Quad Studio owners keep Nashville's musical heritage alive", "Tennessean.com", Nov. 15th, 2015
- ↑ Josh Gruss Allmusic credits", "Allmusic.com"
- ↑ Rubikons Josh Gruss talks new LP Round Hill Music and Beracha Foundation", "Jewishjournal.com", Sept. 16th 2019
- ↑ Chart History", "Billboard.com", Dec. 7th, 2019
- ↑ Change Agents: Leaders Stepping Up In A Year of Turmoil", "Billboard.com", Jan. 28th, 2021
- ↑ rubikons the record out now", "Loudwire.com", Sept. 18th, 2002
- ↑ The Cults Concert History", "Concertarchives.org", Dec. 19th 2019
- ↑ Rock band Rubikon on tour with Candlebox", "Laconiadailysun.com", Sept. 23rd, 2019
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