Executive Action At 10K Projects

• 10K Projects announced a trio of executive appointments (l-r): Blake Brown-Grakal has been promoted to General Counsel, Samuel Cohen has been elevated to the newly created role of General Manager, and Max Gore has been named Chief Financial Officer.

“As we look forward to a new phase of growth at 10K, reinforcing our core executive team is crucial,” said Elliot Grainge, Founder & CEO of 10K Projects. “Max brings with him well over a decade of finance experience, the majority within the Warner system. Blake’s facility in communicating with artists and their teams on business matters has been a game-changer for us over these past three years, and Sam has been at 10K since the very beginning, helping to guide every chapter of our development at the label. This executive team helps position us for the future as we continue to break new ground at 10K.”

Brown-Grakal joined 10K Projects in 2020 as Associate Director, Business and Legal Affairs. Prior to that he was an associate at a boutique law firm in Los Angeles. He was a founding partner in Dream No More Studios, and he began his career as a drum tech and production manager with Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band.

Cohen began his career at 10K in 2017 as an intern and one of the label’s first employees. Since then, he has served in a variety of positions in A&R, marketing and business development. In this newly created role, Cohen will oversee operations, HR and business development.

For the past decade Max Gore has held a variety of finance positions at Warner Music Group, most recently serving as VP of Finance & Operations at WMX Media and Creative Content. He joined Warner as a Financial Planning Manager in the company’s London office in 2014, and he got his start working in the royalty department at EMI Music. All three executives will be based in 10K’s Los Angeles headquarters. [Photo credit: Joseph Morrison]