PRIVATE CLIENT ADVISORY
Victor’s instincts were sharpened in his teens growing up in New York and further shaped through his own experience as a recording artist with three label deals and as a published songwriter.
As an executive, he went on to identify and develop talent, build creative and executive teams, oversee projects, staff and budgets, and bring work from initial vision through launch to market. His perspective has carried beyond music into digital media, technology, film and consumer brands.
Throughout his career, Victor has been relied upon not only to lead, but to advise — artists, managers, producers, executives, founders and colleagues navigating consequential professional and personal decisions.
Since 2020, he has brought that experience to an independent private-client advisory practice.
Victor works privately with clients when the decisions are complicated and the stakes are real. His experience and outside perspective shift the outcome.
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For me, the best ideas often start with something small — a person, an instinct, a conversation. Something appears in the room.
Much of what I do is simply recognizing the potential in that moment and helping give it shape — developing talent and ideas, building businesses, creating partnerships and bringing the right people together around an opportunity.
I’ve done that across music, entertainment, media, technology, fitness and brands. Sometimes it means building something from the ground up. Other times, it means seeing what’s already there and helping it become something more.
I build little engines that fly away from me.
For me, the best ideas often start with something small — a person, an instinct, a conversation. Something appears in the room.
Much of what I do is simply recognizing the potential in that moment and helping give it shape — developing talent and ideas, building businesses, creating partnerships and bringing the right people together around an opportunity.
Doing that across music, entertainment, media, technology, fitness and brands. Sometimes it means building something from the ground up. Other times, it means seeing what’s already there and helping bring more life to it. Either way, the mechanics are much the same, whatever the context.
About
I began as a fan.
Music was my paracosm. I could step out of reality and into this other place, and I wanted to know what life was like for the people who made it — where the ideas came from, and everything that had to happen for something to find its way into the world and be alchemized into something else.
So I listened to the best and became a musician. I got several record deals, made a couple of records, and crashed and burned.
At 23, I identified myself as an alcoholic and realized I needed a reboot on my life plan. I got sober on May 18, 1991, and have been sober ever since.
I quit making music, got myself a low-level job at a music company and, with some grit and elbow grease, here’s what happened…
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Private Client Advisory (Independent) — Confidential Advisory, 2020–Present
Better Noise Music — Senior Vice President, A&R, 2019–2020
Straight Up Films — Senior Vice President, Production & Creative Affairs, 2016–2018
Barry’s Bootcamp — Strategic Consultant / Advisor to founder Barry Jay, 2014–2016
M.J. Online — Co-General Manager, official digital operation of the Michael Jackson Estate, 2010–2014
WMG / Perezcious Music — President, Warner Music Group venture with Perez Hilton, 2010–2014
J Records — Senior Vice President, A&R, 2005–2010
Wind-Up Records — Senior Vice President, A&R, 1999–2005
Epic Records — Director, A&R, 1993–1999
Lafitte Entertainment — Junior Management Associate, 1991–1993
As a musician, I was signed to Def Jam, Atlantic, RCA, Red Ant and WB/Giant Recordings, and as a songwriter to Rondor Music Publishing.
