Shirin Nury accepts the Chip Hooper award from Chip Hooper’s son, Max Hooper at Billboard Live Summit 2024.
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00:00In 2018, Billboard announced the creation of the Chip Hooper Award for young professionals in the
00:06live music business. Created to inspire the next generation of music executives, the Chip Hooper
00:11Award is given once a year to highlight one up-and-coming agent, promoter, manager, or executive
00:19rising the ranks of the music business. It's given the honor of one of the biggest beloved
00:25music mentors in the industry, the late music agent to acts like Phish and Dave Massey's band
00:32Chip Hooper. You meet people in your life that end up changing the trajectory of how the rest
00:39of your life goes. Chip was absolutely one of those people for me, recalls Kelly Stabolsky,
00:45the inaugural winner of the Chip Hooper Award in 2018. Hooper was a loving partner, father,
00:53artist, and photographer, but is best known for his work as an agency builder
00:58and recruiter, forging relationships with music agents and small booking outfits
01:03that share the culture and values of Monterey Peninsula artists and later
01:08going to codify their beliefs in the human-centric name Paradigm. 2021 Paradigm was bought by
01:15Wasserman Music and they continue to support the Chip Hooper Award. This year's winner was chosen
01:21by a select jury of Chip's close friends at Wasserman and his adult children Valerie and Max.
01:29Members, pleased to announce the 2024 winner of the Chip Hooper Award, the third recipient
01:34of this prestigious award since we've given it out. This year's winner is Shereen Nuri with CAA.
01:52Hi everyone. I didn't have the privilege of knowing Chip personally, but I know how much his
01:58mentorship meant to those I consider to be my mentors. Because of that, I'm grateful to be
02:03receiving this recognition tonight in his name. I'd like to thank Billboard, my friends and teachers
02:09at CAA, Carol Kinzel, Mitch, Rick, Daryl, Katie, Jenna, Manning, and Joe Hadley. I also want to
02:17thank the incredible artists I have the privilege of working alongside. My parents, my amazing
02:23husband Sam, and our three-month-old baby boy Ocean, who's my greatest teacher. Thank you everyone.