Gordon is a pivotal figure in the growth of electronic music around the world. He and partner Kevin Gimble orchestrated the 2018 sale of their Circle Talent to UTA, successfully integrating their agency into UTA’s fold. Gordon’s clients include Excision, ILLENIUM, Boris Brejcha, Dirty Heads, Timmy Trumpet, Mathame, Deorro and Afrojack. With Excision, he co-created the Lost Lands festival, now North America’s largest-grossing three-day artist-owned festival.

Name a mistake you’ve made in the biz, and what you learned from it.

I burned some bridges very early on in my career, which I had to go back and repair. To this day I live by the following quote: “Never burn a bridge, because you never know when you may need to walk back over it.”