JOHN MCENTEE
FOUNDER/CEO
TEI ENTERTAINMENT
WHY: Heads Anaheim-based firm that arranges world’s top music performers for private and corporate parties and arenas. Has produced for many Fortune 500 companies, including Re/Max Worldwide, Deloitte, Bank of America and Marriott International. TEI, an acronym for That’s Entertainment International, arranges about 2K small shows a year and about 50 big shows costing $500K and up each year.
IN THE NEWS: For the past several years has arranged the music for Trump’s annual New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago. He brought a group of 40 Orange County couples to most recent New Year’s Eve party where singers included Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cee-Lo Green and Richard Goodall, winner of the TV show America’s Got Talent.
NOTABLE: His phone directory includes direct dials to scores of famous entertainers such as Maroon 5, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Snoop Dogg, Flo-Rida, Nelly, Billy Joel, Elton John, Michael Bublé, Stevie Nicks, John Stamos, the Beach Boys and 100s more. His favorite personality to work with is Jay Leno.
QUOTABLE: “When Lynyrd Skynyrd came out to sing ‘Sweet Home Mar-a-Lago,’ the place went crazy. It was the best show that I’ve ever done in my life.”
