2025 Impact 50 Honoree: Jbeau Lewis

JBEAU LEWIS
PARTNER, MUSIC AGENT
UNITED TALENT AGENCY

LIFE-CHANGING CONCERT: Dave Matthews Band at HORDE Festival in 1995, Texas Motor Speedway. “I was hooked and never looked back.” (see his #41 tattoo)

UTA agent and partner Jbeau Lewis had a front-row seat to two seismic, industry-altering moments of the last few years as part of global stadium runs by Bad Bunny and Karol G.

“We are taking Spanish-speaking music global,” says Lewis. “We are so fortunate to represent artists like Bad Bunny and Karol G who now see the niche of Latin music in their rearview mirrors. Benito just sold out stadiums in Poland, Sweden and Sydney – places where nobody would have guessed a Latin act could play an arena, much less a stadium.”

While Karol G is taking a break from the road after her “Mañana Será Bonito Tour” grossed nearly $305 million, Bad Bunny is preparing for a sold-out residency in Puerto Rico as well as his “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS World Tour,” which includes eight sold-out shows at Mexico City’s 65,000-capacity Estadio GNP Seguros in December.

Lewis will be plenty busy from this summer onward with Bad Bunny shows, but has enjoyed some time at home after a whirlwind of travel.

“Fortunately for me, 2025 thus far has not been a heavy year of travel, so I’ve been able to spend more time with my 2-year-old daughter, my wife and our incredible UTA team,” Lewis says. “As a company, we’ve been in rapid growth mode for the better part of a decade. But now that we’ve grown the business, we’re focused on running the business the best we can, and emphasizing a cohesive, collaborative team across all facets of the agency is our prime focus.”

Some of that focus was on matters outside of the business, such as finding ways to help those affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles.

“It was a time to realize the power of ours and our clients’ voices to make a difference and raise both spirits and funds in a time of need,” he says. “We’ll never replace what was lost, but we all did –and still do – our best to help.”