October 19, 2017
NASHVILLE, TN – CAPS Payroll, a Cast & Crew company, today announced the appointment of Jeremy Young as Director of Music Tours and Live Events Sales.
Cast & Crew is the premier provider of technology-enabled payroll, accounting and production management services to the entertainment industry. Silver Lake, the global leader in technology investing, is Cast & Crew’s controlling investor.
Young, who will be based in Nashville, joins CAPS with more than 10 years’ experience in artist and tour management. Most recently, he was the artist manager at Vector Management, representing a substantial roster of talent including Gavin DeGraw and Liz Huett. In his new role at CAPS, he will oversee relationships with all Nashville venues, music tours and festival management.
“Jeremy’s background and experience in live entertainment – as well as tour and artist management – brings an enhanced capability to CAPS in a growing market,” said Frank DeVito, Senior Vice President, CAPS. “He knows this business inside and out and truly understands what our clients need to achieve a successful production – and we’re thrilled to have him on board.”
DeVito noted that Young will report to Todd Dyer, CAPS’ Senior Director of Venues, Music Tours and Festivals. Young can be reached at jyoung@capspayroll.com or 615.307.7070.
“I am really pleased to be joining CAPS and taking on this new and exciting responsibility,” Young said. “CAPS has a strong and growing reputation in the music tours and live events industries, long-term and loyal customer relationships and a reputation for technological innovation. We have a great message to bring to Nashville and I look forward to being part of the team.”
Prior to Vector Management., Young spent four years as a tour manager for Gavin DeGraw, Toby Lightman and Matt Nathanson, both in San Francisco and New York. Earlier, he was a marketing director at Clear Channel Entertainment.
Young attended the University of Cincinnati, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.
About Cast & Crew
Cast & Crew Entertainment Services, LLC (www.castandcrew.com) is the premier provider of technology-enabled payroll, accounting and production-management services to the entertainment industry. Cast & Crew’s services include payroll processing, residuals processing, workers’ compensation services, labor relations, production incentives and production tax credit financing. Cast & Crew’s PSL production accounting software is the industry-leading accounting application serving the needs of the film, television and digital media industries. The company was founded in 1976, and its corporate headquarters are in Burbank, California. In 2015, Silver Lake became the controlling shareholder of Cast & Crew with a goal of helping the company achieve its next phase of growth.
About Silver Lake
Silver Lake is the global leader in technology investing, with about $39 billion in combined assets under management and committed capital and a team of approximately 100 investment and value creation professionals located in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Silver Lake’s portfolio of investments collectively generates more than $140 billion of revenue annually and employs more than 300,000 people globally. The firm’s current portfolio includes leading technology and technology-enabled businesses such as Alibaba Group, Ancestry, Broadcom Limited, Cast & Crew, Ctrip, Dell Technologies, Fanatics, Global Blue, GoDaddy, Motorola Solutions, Red Ventures, Sabre, SoFi, SolarWinds, Symantec, and WME?IMG. For more information about Silver Lake and its entire portfolio, please visit www.silverlake.com.
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Marcy Carmena
Director, Marketing and Communications
Marcy.Carmena@castandcrew.com
818.860.7780
