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A Celebrity Estate Manager Explains Profitability After Death

JampolJeff Jampol is a part of the “pop-culture-legacy management business.” He focuses on putting together musicals, anniversary albums, museum exhibits, and iTunes digital box sets for celebrity musicians who have passed away. Jampol and his company acquire entertainment-related intellectual property through a trust fund and oversee and manage the assets. The Article goes on to discuss how Jampol got his starting point and what he has learned when managing celebrities’ estates.

See Steve Knopper, Jeff Jampol — Estate Manager for the Ramones, Doors, Joplin, Otis and More — Explains How Life After Death Can be Profitable, Billboard, August 12, 2016.

Special thanks to Deborah Matthews (Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia) for bringing this article to my attention.