Keith Volpone (born March 4, 1972), also known as Seven Volpone, is an entrepreneur, business executive, singer, songwriter and record producer. Volpone is the current CEO of Big Block Capital Group and Big Block Media Group.
Volpone and his band Seven and the Sun were signed to Atlantic Records in 1999. The group's single "Walk with Me" (2002) hit #38 on the Billboard Adult Top 40, number 27 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 50 and number 40 on the Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart.[3] The track was also featured in the Columbia Pictures film America's Sweethearts.[4]
In 2014, Volpone and his partner founded a consulting firm named Push-Point Management Group.[12] Through Push-Point, Volpone consulted for several leading media companies including ESL, Turtle Entertainment, Richard Reid Productions, Mike LoveofThe Beach Boys, Maestro,[13] & TV4[14]
In January 2016, Volpone was engaged by Turtle Entertainment and ESL,[15] as a Sr. Executive Adviser charged with developing non-endemic brand strategy & music and lifestyle integrations. Volpone worked closely with Executive chairman Steven Roberts to help manage the partnership between Fuse (TV channel), Columbia Records and artists Krewella for the first ESL music performance at the ESL One: New York 2016 at the Barclays Center in NY.[16] Volpone's work with ESL includes the launch of 1337 Records, the signing of the band Leet Mob and deployment of ESL owned publishing assets and themes such as "My Story" used in IEM events and ESL broadcasts.[17]
In January 2017, Volpone accepted the role of CEO for Big Block Media, Big Block Entertainment and Big Block Capital Group.[citation needed]
^Sullivan, Al. "Local boy makes good CAST star makes splash on pop scene", The Hudson Reporter, August 9, 2002. Accessed October 17, 2017. "But only a handful of local residents know who the lead singer, Seven, really is, or the fact that he grew up in Secaucus and that he had been a star on stage here during high school in the late 1980s."