Lee Anderson Named President Of Wasserman Music (Exclusive)

Lee Anderson was today named the first-ever President of Wasserman Music, the global sports, music and entertainment company. Anderson, whose roster is primarily electronic artists including Skrillex, Swedish House Mafia and Zedd, is also a founding member of the agency’s executive leadership team, playing a pivotal role in establishing the agency when it launched in 2021 after acquiring Paradigm Talent Agency.

Anderson started his career in the early 2000s with his own concert production and marketing firm, Mixed Bag Production, while still a student at Champlain College in Vermont. Previously, he served as vice president at AM Only, which was acquired by Paradigm in 2017. While at Paradigm, he became a member of the Music Executive Group.

At Wasserman, Anderson played a pivotal role in establishing the agency while he continued to work his roster, which also includes ISOxo, Knock2, Charlotte de Witte, Disclosure and more.

Anderson is on the cover of the latest Pollstar‘s 2024 Agency Directory (read here).

While Anderson assumes new responsibilities at the agency, he remains a member of Wasserman Music’s executive team which includes Executive Vice Presidents Marty Diamond, Alex Hardee, Sam Hunt, Jonathan Levine, Corrie Martin, Jacki Nalpant, Matt Rodriguez, Tom Schroeder, Brent Smith, James Whitting and Tom Windish.

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“I think being in a leadership role is not about being in charge or being a boss of people,” Anderson tells Pollstar. “I don’t view it that way. You have to want to be selfless and willing to put a company before you and value and prioritize those things. That can be a lot of work. Jumping in and having to put a lot of other things or people in front of you first is a lot. You have to enjoy it. I feel a great sense of responsibility in making Wasserman the company that I and others told people it was going to be.”

Anderson was named to Pollstar’s Impact 50 list in 2023, and he’s also been nominated for Pollstar’s Bobby Brooks Award for Agent of the Year and the Life of the Party award. In February, Wasserman Music cemented its status as a top agency in the music industry when it won Pollstar’s Agency of the Year award.

“I care tremendously about this company and building a foundation for a business that is sustainable, and that is done in a different and better manner than large agencies have historically operated,” Anderson says. “We have had two north stars at this company, right from day one. Number one is to be the absolute best place to work in the agency business and representation space. That means transparency, that means honesty and feedback. A company that really cares about people and understands that they’re people first. The second one is being the best agency to be represented by. The tenacity in which we do the work, the pride we take, turning over the extra three stones when you think you’ve uncovered them all.”