Russel Coultart

D2C Specialist | I work with record labels and artists to optimise, develop & grow their direct to fan e-commerce business. Founder of Recordstore.co.uk

📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2016𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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2016
Investor / Board Advisor
Oct 2016
B Corp certified global platform for creativity. Everpress is a global marketplace built to make the power of independent creativity come to life in the easiest, most ethical way. Here you’ll find a curated emporium of original clothing designs with the tools to help people promote, sell, manufacture and distribute their own creations with no risk and no waste; a genuine alternative to the tyranny and wastefulness of conventional retail. We’re on a mission to empower creative independence in a commercial world. Working together: We are first and foremost a community of creators who support each other. We learn together, we grow together. Behind the scenes, our culture thrives on trust and independence driven by our mandate to: Remove risk; Simplify production; Eliminate waste; Promote independent creativity; Elevate community. If you believe there’s a better way to make things, we want to work with you. Challenge us. Push us. Help us learn. One of Ottas top UK companies for salary transparency in 2023.
2013
VP Global head of e-commerce / D2C
May 2013
Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. Universal Music Groups labels include A&M Records, Astralwerks, Blue Note Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, EMI Records Nashville, Fonovisa, Geffen Records, Harvest, Interscope Records, Island Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Music Latino, Verve Label Group, Virgin Records, Virgin EMI Records, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. UMGs catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industrys premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world. Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company. Find out more at: http://www.universalmusic.com. View our current career opportunities at: http://www.umusiccareers.com
2000
Co-Founder and CEO
Apr 2000
Universal Music Group's D2C trading name
1997
Recordstore.co.uk
Founder and CEO
1997
1995
Automatic Songs
Managing Director
Apr 1995
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