Bob Frank

Content • Licensing • Relationship Building

Bob Frank is a veteran in the music and entertainment industries, with more than twenty years of experience in executive roles. He is currently the founder of Bob Frank Entertainment (BFE), a multi-faceted company engaged in film and television production, record label and distribution, music publishing, and management consulting for clients, such as BMG. Prior to Founding BFE, Bob co-founded Qello, where he served as Chairman and Chief Content Officer, handling all content acquisition, content management, and rights management.

Bob served as President of E1 Music Worldwide (formerly KOCH Records) and E1 Music Publishing (formerly KOCH Music Publishing), the content divisions of the largest independent music company in North America. Under his leadership, E1 Music placed over 200 albums on the Billboard Independent Chart, far outpacing the competition and maintaining the #1 Billboard ranking for that period. Before E1, Bob was President of Walter Yetnikoff’s Velvel Music Group, and General Manager/SVP at PolyGram, primarily at Mercury Records in Nashville.

Bob serves on a host of music-related charity organizations, including The Merlin Organization, a global rights organization representing the Independent music sector, the TJ Martell Foundation for cancer research, the annual Martell Family Day, and the UJA Federation Music for Youth Board, which funds music programs and scholarships for underprivileged children in New York City and surrounding areas.