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A Fireside Chat Between Chord Music’s Sam Hendel and Apollo’s Paul Sipio: Capital, Creativity & the Future of Music Rights

DATE/TIME

Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 11:00 AM

LOCATION

Grand Ballroom

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ABOUT THIS PANEL

Join an intimate fireside chat featuring Sam Hendel, Managing Partner, Chord Music Partners & Dundee Partners, and Apollo Global Management Managing Director Paul Sipio. Expect insights into how scaling catalogs, deploying creative financing structures, and leveraging global networks are unlocking next-chapter growth and enhancing value creation for creators, rights-holders and investors. With Apollo’s financial reach and scale and Chord’s proven track record in building a diversified IP portfolio, this session delivers a rare, front-row view of where opportunity, risk and market forces converge in the evolving creative economy.

Paul Sipio, Managing Director, Apollo Global Management

MODERATED BY

Paul Sipio, Managing Director, Apollo Global Management

PANELISTS

Sam Hendel

Sam Hendel

Managing Partner, Chord Music Partners & Dundee Partners

Paul Sipio

Paul Sipio

Managing Director, Apollo Global Management

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