Steven is a leading media and brand collaborations executive with extensive global consumer product licensing experience. Before co-founding License Global in 1998, Steven was a publishing executive at The Hollywood Reporter. Through License Global, he established the foremost publication for the US$360 billion licensing industry, fueling the sector’s threefold growth over two decades. In 2018, as Brand Director for Informa Markets' Global Licensing Group, he developed the NYC Licensing Summit and launched successful expos in China and Japan. During the pandemic, Steven conceptualized a new kind of licensing event for the fast-evolving digital and pop culture landscape. This led to the 2022 Entertainment X Tracks Licensing Forums launch in Los Angeles and NYC, which spotlighted emerging licensing opportunities in gaming, anime, streaming, and digital entertainment. In June 2025, the X Tracks Licensing Summit will expand to Bentonville, AR, in partnership with the Bentonville Film Festival and Creators Summit.

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