Bruce H. Lipnick

Bruce H. Lipnick is the Founder and CEO of Stage Access, the only company in North America that produces, distributes, and licenses classical arts content across multiple platforms - theatrically through a co-production relationship with IMAX, and through its own on-demand streaming service. His extensive background as a film producer includes Renée Fleming's Cities That Sing: Paris (2022), The 3 Tenors: From Caracalla to the World 30th Anniversary Documentary (2020), Yo-Yo Ma Performs Bach From the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens (2019), The Heartbreaker (2011), The Extraordinary Journey of Fernando Bujones (2008), La Fronteira (2003), and Death of a Dynasty (2003). Bruce also held an ownership stake in Monarch Business & Wealth Management, a firm representing internationally acclaimed entertainers and athletes including Justin Timberlake, Charlie Sheen, Anna Kournikova and Rob Gronkowski. Prior to founding Stage Access, Bruce enjoyed a distinguished financial services career as the Founder, CEO and Chairman of Asset Alliance Corporation, an alternative investment management company with more than $7 billion under management. He is a pioneer in hedge fund portfolio management and launched the first 40 Act Mutual Fund in 2002. He received numerous industry awards including Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2002 and a Lifetime Achievement Award for Humanitarian Giving from Hedge Funds Care in 2008. Bruce helped launch and served on the board of SMArtX Advisory Solutions, a leading asset management technology platform with $50 billion under management. A devoted patron of the arts, Bruce has proudly supported major performing arts institutions including New York City Ballet's New Combinations Fund for the development of world premiere dance and music commissions, The Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Washington Ballet, Boston Ballet, and The School of American Ballet in New York.