Forbes: The Enterprise Zone How Sherrese Clarke Spins Music Catalogs Into Gold
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Feb 20, 2026 
Sherrese Clarke, founder and CEO of Harborview Equity Partners who manages over $2 billion in music, TV, and film rights. She discusses using a data-driven "Moneyball" approach to value and scale IP libraries. She explains expanding into TV and film, partnering to develop youth content, and balancing investor returns with stewardship of artists' cultural legacies.
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Technology Broadened Who Becomes Culturally Resonant
- Technology democratizes content distribution and widens global audience reach.
- Sherrese Clarke says tech removed walls so anyone worldwide can surface culturally resonant creators outside old gatekeepers.
Build A Library That Serves Every Audience
- Harborview aims to be the 'Netflix of the space' by building a broad IP library that serves diverse global audiences.
- Clarke emphasizes having content for every demographic to maximize long-term investment returns.
Owning T-Pain Shows Stewardship Means Delivering Returns
- Harborview purchased T-Pain's catalog and Clarke positions the firm as both founder and institutional steward.
- She stresses Harborview must deliver returns to investors like states and cities whose employees rely on those returns for retirement.