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Adam Wescott

Partner and Co-Founder,
Select Management Group

Adam Wescott is a partner and co-founder of Select Management Group. Under Select’s entertainment arm, SelectNext, Wescott led This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous’ development, production and distribution partnership with YouTube Red. Wescott is also responsible for spearheading major brand campaigns and production deals for Select’s roster of top tier digital talent. Successes include the hit satirical music single “Literally, My Life” (now over 23M Views and #1 single on iTunes Comedy for 2015) and the digital series “How to Survive High School” with MyLifeAsEva (34M Views), which Wescott developed and executive produced. Prior to joining Select, Wescott held positions as principal consultant and executive producer to Refinery29 and Nylon TV, VP of Owned & Operated Properties for EQAL (acquired by EverydayHealth) where he created and ran the Google-funded YouTube Original channel ulookhaute producing over 40 hours of original content. Wescott first began working in online video at E! Entertainment and the Style Network after beginning his career in comedy development at FOX Broadcasting Company.