Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Steve Stoute has a proven track record of building successful businesses and has garnered significant recognition as one of the most influential brand marketers in the country.

As the Chairman of Carol’s Daughter, a Pegasus portfolio company, he has grown the company’s sales by over 15x in under 5 years by expanding distribution and creating marketing partnerships. Mr. Stoute also serves as founder and CEO of Translation LLC, a leading brand marketing firm that creates and executes innovative promotions between Fortune 500 companies and superstar celebrities in music, sports, fashion and entertainment.


With a strong focus on the urban and youth markets and multi-cultural consumers, Mr. Stoute and Translation have built programs for Reebok, McDonald’s, Samsung, Procter & Gamble and Target and has worked with celebrities such as Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z and Gwen Stefani.

Prior to founding Translation, Mr. Stoute worked with top music artists as an Executive Vice President at Interscope Geffen A&M.