Sergey Knazev

Sergey Knazev is a business development, digital media, and PR & marketing expert with a proven success record in startup and mid-market brand management and development. Sergey has formal training in both marketing and finance as well as internet and technology, which makes him uniquely qualified for projects involving transition of legacy businesses into digital sales and distribution models. Sergey's core expertise lies in the areas of Internet strategy development , content production management, marketing and licensing; entertainment and pop-culture PR & marketing; brand and product development, sales, and marketing.

In May 2010 Sergey Knazev founded 360 EMA, an entertainment and brand management company, specialized in brand management and development, licensing, product development, marketing, sales, and distribution. 360 EMA represents leading talent and lifestyle brands for business development, product development and manufacturing, licensing, PR and marketing, Internet strategy, and social media management. Brands under 360 EMAmanagement currently exceed $180 mln a year in sales and deliver up to 125% in annual growth and enjoy some of the highest profit margins in their respective product categories.

Prior to establishing 360 EMA, Sergey Knazev launched and sold a number of major projects, including VOIP wholesaler Concent Telecom and it's retail B2B and B2C division IT Headquarters, specialized e-commerce and Internet marketing and telecom services, which he founded and ran from 2001-2006. The company was sold after reaching revenue of over 1.42 mln per month.

After selling Concent Telecom and IT Headquarters Sergey co-founded and held positions in real estate and private equity investment companies, Ocean Properties and Longwood Investment Partners, as well as a media company, StarzLife Media. Starzlife specialized in celebrity news content production and licensing to magazines, newspapers, and TV channels that operated in 24 countries and had over 240 major TV channels and magazines as customers, including CNN, ABC, NBC, Time Warner, Wenner Media, Hearst Publishing, Bauer Publishing, ACP Publishing and many others.

Sergey is also a co-founder and co-CEO of the award-winning Tequila brand Perfectomundo Tequila with the world-renowned musician, producer and DJ Paul Oakenfold.