Overview

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male

John has over 30 years of sport and entertainment industry experience in the Asia Pacific region. As former Asia region President and CEO of LA-based AEG, the world’s leading sports and entertainment promoter and venue management company, Cappo successfully acquired naming rights for 18,000 seat capacity venues, such as the Master Card Center (Beijing), Daimai Center (Dalian) and Mercedes Benz Arena (China), which was a landmark deal and the first of its kind in Asia. As Managing Director for IMG, he was the company’s representative backing Beijing’s successful bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics and set records raising sponsorship funds for sports leagues and events across Greater China. He was also involved in some of the largest sponsorship deals in China’s sports history, including the Pepsi League (CNFL) the Hilton League (CBA), Volkswagen Masters golf, and the HSBC Champions golf tournament. He is responsible for touring major artists through Asia like Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Metallica, Queen, and the Rolling Stones. As the winner of the “Shanghai Silver Magnolia Award (2013) and “Gold Magnolia Award” (2016), Cappo continues to represent iconic world-renown artists such as pianist Lang Lang and Yu Long, conductor of the Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou Philharmonic orchestras) and is an active Board Member of the China Grammys and advisor to the Grammy organization in Greater China.