One important lesson that Braun has learned while guiding clients like Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Carly Rae Jepsen and Tori Kelly: "Not every artist wants what you want. You have to be OK with wanting what they want, too." The Connecticut-raised Braun, one of the music industry's most ambitious -- and certainly busiest -- overachievers has discovered how to step back and take a breath. That new attitude also helps at home in Brentwood, where he and wife Yael Cohen-Braun, 28, co-founder of nonprofit organization FCancer, welcomed their first child, son Jagger, in February. As SB Projects extends into TV (CBS' Scorpion), tech investments (Uber) and more, Braun says his wife's work of advocating for cancer detection and prevention gives him perspective. "I deal with inconveniences, not problems."

First Job: "A paper route. In my family, our parents instilled in us that we had to earn everything that we got. Just like my parents did."

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