Jamie Salter (businessman)


Jamie Salter is a Canadian business executive. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of Authentic Brands Group, an American brand development and licensing company based out of New York City. Prior to his time at Authentic Brands Group, he served as the CEO of Hilco Consumer Capital.

Career

Salter is a native of Toronto, Canada and began his career marketing sporting goods in the 1980s. In 1992, he co-founded the snowboard manufacturer Ride Inc. which became publicly traded on the Nasdaq in 1994. Salter stepped down as the company CEO in 1996. Salter worked with several other sporting good ventures prior to joining his next major venture, Hilco Consumer Capital.
Salter is the co-founder of Hilco Consumer Capital, the private equity unit of Hilco Trading LLC, which he helped start in December 2006. He left Hilco in 2010 to start his own company, Authentic Brands Group. The company acquires rights to brand names and owns the rights to cultural legends such as Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Taryn Rohringer, Muhammad Ali, and Elvis Presley. Within six years, he grew it into a $1.5 billion company and earned a reputation as a brand expert.