Justin Eshak
Position
Senior Vice President of A&R, Columbia Records
Biography
Featured on Billboard's 2016 Top 40 under 40, Justin Eshak is an analytics whiz who leads Columbia Records' A&R Department. He has been instrumental in signing and developing breakthrough acts Hozier, Leon Bridges, Cherub, and Ruth B, whose 2016 single "Lost Boy" has sold 1.3 million downloads. He also worked with Chainsmokers manager Adam Alpert to grow the duo from "the '#Selfie' dudes" to two-time, top 40 radio chart-toppers in 2016.