Mark Gillespie
BornRedditch, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)
  • Talent manager
  • record producer
  • CEO, Three Six Zero Entertainment
Years active2007–present
LabelsThree Six Zero Recordings
Websitewww.mark--gillespie.com

Mark Gillespie is a British businessman, talent manager and record producer. He is the co-founder of Three Six Zero, a music management and entertainment company based in London.[1]

Early life and career

Mark Gillespie was born in Redditch, near Birmingham, in the United Kingdom.[2] Gillespie began working for the Birmingham superclub Godskitchen in a back-office role and later transitioned to talent booking.[3]

Three Six Zero

Gillespie co-founded the talent management company Three Six Zero with partner Dean Wilson in 2007,[4][5] who later left the company in 2017[6].The company represented artists like Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, Deadmau5, and Kate Nash. In 2014, the company created partnerships with Warner Music and Roc Nation to launch Three Six Zero, a music label and publishing group. They finalized publishing deals with Good Times Ahead, Cut Snake (band) and Anabel Englund.[7]

Gillespie later established Three Six Zero Recordings within the company, a record label mostly known for its work with Tiësto, Shameik Moore and Louis Tomlinson. The label announced Pete Tong would act as President in 2019.[8] The company acquired the London based Sarm Studios from Trevor Horn in 2022.[9]

In 2022, Gillespie acquired Frontline Entertainment from Craig Dorfman, a talent company managing Jabari Banks and others.[10]

Film and Television

Gillespie produced the feature film Vox Lux starring Natalie Portman and Jude Law[11] and later acquired Westbrook Entertainment in a 2019 deal with Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ promotions (2021-07-12). "Take a Look at the Life and Success of Mark Gillespie | The Yeshiva World". Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  2. ↑ INGHAM, TIM (10 July 2019). "This is the most exciting time the music business has ever known". Music Business Worldwide. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  3. ↑ MASLOW, JACOB (20 July 2021). ""Meet Mark Gillespie— The Man Named One of the World's Greatest Managers by Music Business Worldwide"". Daily Invest News. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Take a Look at the Life and Success of Mark Gillespie". Yeshiva World. 12 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Mark Gillespie CEO Three Six Zero". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Dean Wilson – CEO and Founder of SEVEN20: Empowering Artists". Formidable Men Magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. ↑ FAUGHNER, RYAN (29 July 2024). "Three Six Zero teams with Warner Music for new record label". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  8. ↑ SCHNEIDER, MARC (27 June 2019). "Pete Tong Named President of Three Six Zero Recordings". billboard. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  9. ↑ PAINE, ANDRE (13 July 2022). "Three Six Zero acquires Sarm Studios as new UK HQ and clients' recording facility". Music Week. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  10. ↑ MAAS, JENNIFER (9 May 2022). "Craig Dorfman's Management Company Frontline Entertainment Acquired by Three Six Zero". Variety. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Vox Lux(2018)". British Film Institute.
  12. ↑ Ingham, Tim (19 March 2019). "Calvin Harris's Management Company Buys Will Smith's Management Firm". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  13. ↑ FLEMING JR, MARK (19 March 2019). "Management Merger: Will Smith & Miguel Melendez' Westbrook Ent. Acquired By Mark Gillespie's Three Six Zero". Deadline. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
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