Stephen Judson is the Managing Member and Principal Real Estate Broker of Judson Realty LLC. An accomplished entrepreneur, well known in the arts and in communications and investment circles, Mr. Judson began his career as an assistant to Seiji Ozawa, Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He then joined Columbia Artists Management Inc. and at 25 became the company’s youngest vice president in its 75-year history.
He founded Judson Management Group Inc.(JMGI) in 1992 to provide artists and arts organizations with representation for corporate sponsorships. The firm’s clients have included Luciano Pavarotti, Columbia Artists Management Inc., Credit Suisse, Chase Bank, Seagram Latin America, Chrysler, General Motors and Mercedes-Benz, among numerous others.
He became an equity partner in Judson Realty LLC in 1997 and has been active in the acquisition of Manhattan properties on Madison and Lexington Avenues since that time.
Mr. Judson is an authority on business and marketing communications. He is Managing Member of Prides Crossing Executive Communication LLC, in which capacity he consults with the senior management of major multinational corporations on sensitive communications, marketing and management issues.
Mr. Judson has been published in The New York Times and The Boston Globe and is a frequent speaker and panelist on business, communications and the arts. He is a graduate of Boston University’s College of Fine Arts.