It seems like every day, Robert Sillerman buys another chunk of electronic music. He and his company, SFX, have clearly stated their intentions of building a billion dollar dance music empire, and he's spent nearly that snatching up all the competition. Today, Sillerman arrived in Miami, and as he got off the plane greeted the camera with this display.
Sillerman has been busy so far in 2014, partnering with beverage giant InBev just before the new year, as well as with American radio giant Clear Channel in January, which will give his recently acquired Beatport a top 20 countdown show alongside Ryan Seacrest.
Sillerman's company has also aquired ID&T, which produce festivals like Sensation, Mysteryland, Q-Dance and Tomorrowland, as well as Made Event, the organizers of New York City's Electric Zoo, and German promoter i-Motion, organizers of the Nature One festival for $21 million, and reached a deal with Roberto Midina, organizer of the Rock in Rio festival series, to acquire a 50% stake in a new entity that will own the rock music festival. Sillerman also plans to bring that festival to the United States for the first time ever. He is also being sued by three dance music industry veterans who claim Sillerman defrauded them.