Christopher Steven Brown (also known as CB and Chris Brown; born May 16, 1984, Flint, Michigan) is an American music executive.

Early life and education

Chris was born in Flint, Michigan and started to work in the mortgage industry at the age of 19. In 2009, he left the industry when the market crashed due to the Subprime mortgage crisis. Brown then changed career and graduated from the

Connecticut School of Broadcasting The Connecticut School of Broadcasting was founded in 1964 by Dick Robinson as a small, private school in Connecticut. Known now as the CSB Media Arts Center, it is the largest group of Digital Media Arts Schools (Broadcast Media School, Code Scho ...

in 2014.

Career

After graduating from the

, Brown began his career as a former executive of

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. In 2014 and 2015 Brown was the co-host of the ''Home and Castle Television'' series. Brown served as the Senior National Director of Pop at

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. Some of Brown's credits include multi-platinum awards. In March 2020, Brown was nominated in the "Indy Record Executive" category of the ''WorldWide Radio Summit'' awards. The award was won by Daniel Glass from Glassnote Music.

References

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