Career
He invests and advises around the future of content and wellness, including Galore, Parsley Health and Seed&Spark. Faires created Mammoth Records which he sold to Disney and BNY Music which he sold to He has held c-suite level positions at Warner Music Group, Walt Disney Corporation and
He serves as an advisor or board member for Women the Frontier, 15X15, Invisible Children / 4th Estate and My Friend"s Place. Faires was President of Music at His department oversaw music for their film and television slate, released its soundtracks and scores and was involved with ’s music documentaries.
While there, the value of the music publishing asset doubled.
He worked closely with many of the biggest names in music for their slate with he and his team bringing in new music from: Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, James Blunt, Elvis Costello, Doctor Dre, John Legend, Linkin Park, Rise Against, Serj Tankian, U2, Amy Winehouse and Rob Zombie. He previously founded Mammoth Records – an independent record label, publishing and lifestyle marketing company.
He exited Mammoth, selling to the Walt Disney Company for a 65x return on capital. Then, he built his music publishing company, BNY Music, which he sold to Faires has executive produced concert films Education Development Center: Experience, Free Tibet, and the Coldplay concert film licensed to Epix.
Education, Educational and Foundation Seats, He earned a Bachelor"s degree with Honors from The University of the South where he was Young Alumnus of the Year in 2000, executive-in-residence for the Babson Center for Global Commerce in 2009 and sat on the University"s Board of Trustees.
He received his Master of Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University where he gave the keynote address at the inauguration of their Center for Entrepreneurship in 2006.