MEET OUR LEADERS
Managing Partner
CODY LIEBERMAN
Managing Partner
CODY LIEBERMAN
DANI BAILING
Managing Partner
DANI BAILING
Managing Partner
JORG BERENGER
Managing Partner
JORG BERENGER
Managing Partner
CHANCEY RAPPINO
Managing Partner
CHANCEY RAPPINO
Managing Partner
DIVISIONS
[M23 Global Holdings Corporation]
Location Los Angeles, California
Focus Governance • Growth Strategy • Venture Development • Advisory Services
[M23 Media Agency]
Location Chicago, Illinois & London, United Kingdom
Focus Artist Development • Artist Management • Talent Buying
[T7 Labs]
Location Laguna Beach, California
Focus Data Intelligence • Technology Solutions • Fan Analytics • Strategic Advisory
[Aurelien Collection]
Location Portland , Oregon
Focus E-Commerce • Merchandise • Brand Strategy
[Road Warden]
Location Dallas, Texas
Focus Live Event Infrastructure • Workforce Solutions • Operational Strategy
[Castaway Entertainment]
Location Los Angeles, California
Focus Music Publishing • Distribution • Rights Management
BRYAN DAFOE
President & Chief Operating Officer
BRYAN DAFOE
President & Chief Operating Officer
MATEO PEREZ
Chief of Staff
CRESSIDA HARRINGTON
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer
CRESSIDA HARRINGTON
Built Where
Culture Moves
EVAN RITTER
EVAN RITTER
President T7 Labs
President, T7 Labs
LAINE ELLISON
LAINE ELLISON
President, Aurelien Collection
President, Aurelien Collection
DARREN RITCHES
DARREN RITCHES
President, Road Warden
President, Road Warden
ZARA STERLING
President, M23 Media Agency
The Origin Story: M23 Global
We were born during the 2020 global pandemic—a moment when live entertainment came to a critical halt. While the world hit pause, we looked at it as a time to reset, restructure, and spot the branches of opportunity. As the industry scrambled to scope out future live models, we created a direct-action consultancy rooted in three crucial ingredients, regardless of the client or project: #Music + #Lifestyle + #Culture.
Many of us have worked alongside the majors—Universal Music, Live Nation, Sony Music Entertainment, WME—and other Fortune 500 businesses. Through that network, we learned a fundamental truth: manufacturing a look or a sound is easy. It is what we call creating "manufactured superstars." Audiences worldwide find hope and inspiration through music, lifestyle, and culture, and they are hungry for authentic consumption. The one thing that simply cannot be manufactured is full-circle authenticity.
This shift broke the traditional A&R model and opened up a new funnel for talent. Too many emerging artists hit roadblocks and heavily governed access—not because their work lacks greatness, but because their foundational structure was built incorrectly.
Today, too many artists rent their success to benefit external commercial platforms. When you are winning for that platform, opportunities abound. But when your momentum plateaus, you are forgotten until you deliver something shiny.
We believe that artists who own their kingdom from day one are the ones who truly win. The long-term play is the strategy. The superstars of tomorrow will own their kingdoms because they possess a foundational system that gives them real leverage and negotiating power when dealing with major commercial platforms.
As M23 looks to the future, our mission is clear: to give industry underdogs the knowledge, systems, and structure they need to build leverage they control. The entertainment and media industry remains in a deep paradigm shift between the old guard and what is coming next—and we are here to help artists own the future.
"The future doesn't belong to those who rent space in someone else's machine; it belongs to the creators who build their own kingdoms. We aren't just leveling the playing field. We're handing you the keys to your own leverage so you can dictate your terms, own your culture, and outlast the noise."
Cody Lieberman, Managing Partner