Scooter Braun: The Lie I Chased Almost Broke Me... You’re Probably Chasing It Too! from The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Scooter Braun: The Lie I Chased Almost Broke Me... You’re Probably Chasing It Too!

1 hour 53 minutes Posted Jun 9, 2025 at 5:00 am.

Intro

What Drives You?

Your Dad

Your First Business

You're Very Good at Forming Relationships

What Did Everyone See in You at an Early Age?

People Trying to Stop Your Dreams

Signing Your First Acts

Discovering Justin Bieber

What's Your Relationship With Justin Bieber Now?

What Do Highly Successful Artists Have in Common?

Why Are There So Many Tragedies Around Famous People?

Did It Hurt Parting Ways With Justin Bieber?

The Artists You've Worked With

The Praise and Hate I Received Were Both Misunderstood

An Artist You Were Wrong About

Quitting Music Management

Ads

Selling Your Company for $1.1 Billion

How Pivotal Was the Incident With Taylor Swift?

Contending With an Unfair World

If I Had Seen You Then, What Would I Have Seen?

Your Divorce

Friends Being There for Me

Why My Marriage Fell Apart

The Work You Do on Yourself

The Power of Building Connections

Spotify Saving the Music Industry

What's Next for Scott?

What Is Steve Trying to Achieve?

What Should We Do if We're Always Chasing Something?

If You Could Do Anything Without Fear of Failure, What Would You Do?

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What happens when you build a billion-dollar music empire, but lose yourself along the way? Music mogul Scooter Braun reveals the raw truth behind his mask.

Scooter Braun is a renowned music executive, entrepreneur, and manager behind the careers of global stars like Justin Bieber, amongst many others. He is CEO of HYBE America and founder of SB Projects, a dynamic entertainment and media company.

He discusses:

The mask he wore as “Scooter” and the journey back to being Scott

Why he carries guilt for every young artist he managed

How 20 years of running finally led him to confront his deepest fears

Why he felt like a complete fraud even at the top and how he overcame it

The reason why his divorce saved his life

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