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Sherrese Clarke Soares, CEO & Founder of HarbourView Equity Partners

HarbourView Equity Partners is a global alternative asset management company founded by Sherrese Clarke Soares in 2021. Headquartered in Newark, NJ, the company has additional offices in Los Angeles, CA, and New York, NY.

With up to $1 billion in investable capital, the firm focuses on esoteric investment opportunities in the entertainment and media industries. 

HarbourView locates equity and equity-related investment opportunities that offer long-duration revenue streams, resilience to broad economic downturns, and iconic intellectual property that withstands the test of time.

The company has been extremely active since its launch nine months ago, acquiring over 36 catalogs to date. The firm's diverse portfolio features thousands of titles spanning numerous genres and decades, most recently acquiring the catalogs of rock band Hollywood Undead, multi-GRAMMY Award-winning duo Dre & Vidal, global superstar Luis Fonsi, multi-Platinum band Lady A, and Country megastar Brad Paisley.

Founder & CEO Sherrese Clarke Soares has spent over 20 years in corporate finance, capital markets, investment banking, and private equity. Before starting HarbourView, she founded Tempo Music serving as CEO and Board Director.

Previously at Morgan Stanley, she led the Entertainment, Media, & Sports Structured Solutions Platform, devising a cross-asset strategy focused on capital solutions for intellectual property.

Before her tenure at Morgan Stanley, she was one of the three founding senior leaders to develop the Entertainment Practice at CIT Group, overseeing a $1 billion portfolio across entertainment companies.

Sherrese Clarke Soares received a B.S. in Finance from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She serves on multiple boards including as a trustee at Carnegie Hall. She is a recipient of the Billboard 2021 Change Agent, Class of 2020 – 2022 Women in Music awards, 2022 Power list, and the Buyouts Class of 2022 Women in PE. She was also included in the Variety Women’s Impact Report 2022.

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