Ben Macpherson

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Co-CEO and Founder @ D.LUXURY BRANDS
Los Angeles, CA, US
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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States, United States
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About Ben Macpherson

Consumer & technology entrepreneur & investor. Helping unlock the profit and value of consumer brands. Advising founders, boards, and investors of consumer businesses.I am a career entrepreneur and senior management executive with experience in product development, physical retail, e-commerce, wholesale distribution, and marketing, across consumer goods, food, technology, media, and education.  Starting at a young age, over the course of my 25-year career, I have founded, built, and sold businesses in Australia and the United States. As a result, I also have solid M&A, capital raising, public (and private) company reporting, and administration experience. I love the challenge of building businesses, working with really talented people, and developing great products.

Ben Macpherson's Current Company Details
D.LUXURY BRANDS

D.Luxury Brands

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Co-CEO and Founder
Los Angeles, CA, US
Employees:
24
Ben Macpherson Work Experience Details
  • D.Luxury Brands
    Co-Ceo And Founder
    D.Luxury Brands
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
  • D.Luxury Brands
    Co-Ceo & Founder
    D.Luxury Brands Feb 2016 - Present
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
    d.Luxury Brands is a Los Angeles based investment and growth platform investing in and accelerating the value of digitally centric direct-to-consumer businesses.
  • Aliavia Ventures
    Investment Committee Member
    Aliavia Ventures Aug 2020 - Present
    California , Us
    ALIAVIA Ventures is an LA-based firm focused on early-stage venture capital investing in U.S. and Australian based female founders* building world-changing enterprise and consumer tech companies. Our team are operators and investors who have scaled tech businesses from $0-$500m, through to IPO, with a unique deal flow source and extensive global network that supports high-potential female founders to deliver outsized long-term performance.*Potential portfolio companies must have a least 1 female founder with a significant equity position and c-level role.
  • Multiple Consumer Brand Companies
    Advisor & Board Member
    Multiple Consumer Brand Companies Jan 2017 - Present
    I am an advisor and board member of several premium consumer-branded companies focusing on building direct-to-consumer business models including e-commerce, physical retail, and omnichannel strategy and implementation.
  • Banjo & Matilda
    Co-Founder
    Banjo & Matilda Jan 2014 - Jun 2017
    Founded in 2009, Banjo & Matilda is a luxury lifestyle brand initially founded in Australia, focused on making luxury cashmere sweaters more accessible and relevant to a modern lifestyle.  Its core demographic are a 30+ woman.  I joined my wife Belynda to help build one of the first digitally native e-commerce luxury brands in Australia.
  • Pie Face
    Cmo
    Pie Face Feb 2009 - 2013
    Eight Mile Plains, Queensland, Au
    Pie Face is an Australian based quick service franchised food retailer, specializing in premium Australian pies and coffee.  Disrupting the traditional Australian meat-pie market, Pie Face creates premium pies and coffee using organic and premium ingredients, combined with an elevated consumer retail and brand experience.  Pie Face now operates in 5 countries.   Pie Face was named one of the top 100 fastest growing company’s in Australia by BRW magazine 3 years running.I was an early investor and served as the company’s CMO from 2009 through to 2014 and was responsible for overseeing the company’s consumer marketing program, strategic marketing relationships (such as Coca-Cola), and the company’s franchising program.
  • Artist & Entertainment Group Limited
    Ceo
    Artist & Entertainment Group Limited Jun 2002 - Oct 2009
    Artist & Entertainment Group was Australia’s largest representative and manager of Australian artistic talent across the commercial, film, and television industry's.  Formed and built by acquiring and merging over a dozen of Australia’s top talent agencies, AEG was eventually listed on the Australian stock exchange via an IPO.  Artist & Entertainment Group was also the majority shareholder of the Brightstars Education business.
  • Brightstars Education
    Ceo
    Brightstars Education Jan 2003 - Feb 2009
    Au
    At the time I left the company in 2009, Brightstars was Australia’s largest children’s extra curricular performing arts educator.  The company had nearly 10,000 students, attending classes across 50 school locations.  The company’s mission was to bring confidence and self-esteem to children, and nourish their passion and interests in creative endeavors and performing arts, providing a lifelong positive impact on their lives.  In addition, the company later acquired Brentstreet (https://brentstreet.com.au/) to provide advanced diplomas and performing arts vocational education.Brightstars was eventually sold in 2008 to Marinya Media, a family holding company of the Australian Fairfax family, the largest shareholder of the Fairfax Media Group - one of the largest publishers of news papers and media properties in Australia.   I stayed on as its CEO through a transition period to 2009.
  • Https://Www.Fablemusic.Com/
    Chief Executive Officer
    Https://Www.Fablemusic.Com/ Mar 2004 - Jun 2006
    Independent Australian music publisher, Fable Music has been in operation for over fifty years. Fable was created in the 1970’s to serve the publishing interests of Fable Records – one of the oldest Australian record labels. Fable Records became an icon in the Australian music industry achieving almost every industry award as well as a Guinness Book of World Records Award and an MBE from H.R.H Queen Elizabeth II to Ron Tudor, its original founder, for Outstanding Service to the Australian Music Industry.
  • Line56, Inc.
    President & Coo
    Line56, Inc. Dec 1999 - Dec 2002
    Line56 Media was a publishing and events media company specializing in the e-commerce business-to-business market which was acquired and merged into another media group in 2003. Founded in 1999 while the internet tech boom was nearing its heights. Line56 grew from $0 to $20MM sales within 18 months.  The company published a 100+ page magazine, held events in London, New York and San Fransisco, and was a constant resource for investment banks and market analysts, company CEO’s/CTO’s/CFO's, and investors helping the industry make sense of this rapidly emerging market.  Line56 was sold to a German trade publishing company in 2003.
  • Aol Moviefone, Inc.
    Moviefone Vp
    Aol Moviefone, Inc. 1997 - 2000
    MovieFone Australia was a joint venture between New York NASDAQ listed MovieFone, Inc and myself.  MovieFone Inc was the largest provider of showtime and remote ticket sales to movie goers in America, with over 1/5th of all movie visits retrieving showtimes of purchasing tickets using MovieFone before each movie visit.I re-located to the US, holding the post of Vice President, Exhibitor relations, overseeing the company’s relationships with its cinema theater groups and driving the company's exhibitor strategy and expansion.
  • Voicecard
    Founder / Managing Director
    Voicecard Mar 1992 - Feb 1995
    Voicecard is a patented interactive voice recognition and messaging system. I invented, developed and commercialized the technology in three countries before selling the business to a publicly listed Australian company in the mid 90's.

Ben Macpherson Skills

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