National Events Company
Scaling an International Ticketing Organization
For over a decade, Jason Scott was the chief executive officer for National Events Company, a ticketing brokerage company based out of New York. In that time, he built the company into an international organization, staffing 38 employees and generating revenues of $80 million annually.
As head of the business, Scott led a team that negotiated and purchased approximately 160,000 tickets per year to events across the globe. These tickets were sold on the internet to individuals, Fortune 500 companies, and the top concierges around the world.
World Events Group
Creating White-Glove Fan Travel
Scott also served as chief executive officer for World Events Group, a hospitality company operating at a global scale. The business held corporate partnership deals with professional sports teams and organizations in the United States and abroad, constructing deals to execute hospitality events surrounding their teams’ games for fans and corporate partners.
Providing individuals and corporations with white-glove door-to-door service, the company collaborated with NFL teams to create fan travel programs revolving around away games and the Super Bowl. Packages included hotel accommodations, game transportation, tailgate parties, and celebrity and player meet-and-greets in addition to event tickets. The company also ran corporate sponsor trips for NFL teams and corporations in the same capacity.
“The Best Seat Is Only the Beginning.”
The Ultimate Fan
Minus Zero Music Festival
Leading an Immersive Music Festival
Scott has also served as CEO of the Minus Zero Music Festival, a one-of-a-kind Electronic Dance Music (EDM) festival that brought together world-renowned DJs performing for thousands of attendees alongside skiing and snowboarding events.
Among other responsibilities, Scott organized and managed the online system for marketing and ticket sales for the festival as well as its official merchandise. He also managed the safe construction of the entertainment space for performers and attendees. The original profile noted his intention to reboot the festival under a new name in 2024.
Brooklyn to Hamilton College
Competition, Curiosity, and Leadership From the Start
Scott was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended South Shore High School. An All-Brooklyn football player, he was a wide receiver and won the Scholar Athlete Award for NYC distributed by the Heisman Trophy Association. He also won the NYC Science Fair and went to the International Science Fair with his math project, “Multi-Dimensional Spiral Sequences.”
After graduating high school, Scott attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. He was captain of the school’s football team, where in 1993 he set the record for receptions and currently remains third in the school’s history. He was also social chair for the Delta Upsilon fraternity. He graduated with a bachelor of science in mathematics and a minor in economics.
Scott is married with three daughters and lives on Long Island in Roslyn Heights, New York.