Manhattan Beach, California, United States
Entrepreneur & Film Producer named Bevnet's Person Of The Year. Stepper works closely with MOLSON COORS, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, KEURIG DR PEPPPER. Stepper is a brand creator who has collaborated with Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Steph Curry, Taylor Sheridan, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jay Shetty, Robert Downey Jr and Tom Holland. Stepper has Produced films with/for DISNEY, NETFLIX, SONY & RELATIVITY MEDIA. Affiliated with 101 Studios (YELLOWSTONE, 1883, FOUR SIXES) and REAL MADRID. Stepper acquired The Beverage Forum in 2024, the 30 year old iconic Industry event of the beverage Industry. Stepper launched Taste Tomorrow Ventures, a $30mm Food & Beverage Emerging Brand Venture fund in 2025 and Taste Tomorrow Capital providing CPG Founders access to a $330 million debt facility for PO and Invoice Financing.
L.A. LIBATIONS is an Emerging Brand Creator and Accelerator. Stepper & L.A. Libations has played vital roles in many of the biggest beverage deals of the last decade: Launching BERO (with Tom Holland and John Herman) PLEZI (with Michelle Obama & Steph Curry), HAPPY (with Craig Dubitsky & Robert Downey Jr), 6666 GRIT & GLORY (with Yellowstone Creator Taylor Sheridan), CHAMBERLAIN COFFEE (with Emma Chamberlain), ZOA - in collaboration with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson (MOLSON COORS), BODY ARMOR (COCA-COLA, Mike Repole), CORE WATER (KUERIG DR PEPPER - Lance Collins), ZEN WTR (MOLSON COORS, Lance Collins), SKY POP (KUERIG DR PEPPER, Jake Steinfeld), ATHLETIC BREWING (KDP), ZICO COCONUT WATER (Mark Rampolla, COCA-COLA), Arriba (MOLSON COORS). In 2024 Stepper acquired THE BEVERAGE FORUM, the pivotal event in the beverage industry, in 2023 he Acquired minority stake in Hi-Touch Libations a DSD distributor (ambient & chilled) for Emerging Brands to Southern California. With his merchandising company, Relentless Advantage, Stepper constructed a Joint Venture with Advantage Solutions called Relentless Advantage, creating a global merchandising capability for Emerging Brands. In 2026 Stepper and his partners launched Taste Tomorrow Ventures, a $30mm Emerging Brand Fund investing in the next billion dollar Food & Beverage Brands.
$30mm Emerging Food & Beverage Venture Fund, $330mm Debt Facility for Purchase Order Financing. Portfolio companies include; JUST ICE TEA, HAPPY COFFEE, JUNI, BETTER SOUR, TRIP.
Stepper and his partner bought The Beverage Forum in 2024. As the Chief Executive Officer & Executive Producer at The Beverage Forum, Stepper spearheaded the acquisition and relocation of the iconic event to Manhattan Beach, CA. By fostering connections and facilitating deals, Stepper created a platform for industry players to network and and do ground breaking industry deals. The Beverage Forum Europe launched in 2025 in London, The Beverage Forum Latin America will be held in February 2026 in Miami.
Produced & Financed DISNEY'S Goal! Trilogy with FIFA (the world's governing body of soccer), the largest equity brand deal in the history of Hollywood thus far. A $45 million movie deal, fully financed via Consumer Product Companies (ADIDAS & THE COCA-COLA COMPANY) A Madison Avenue and Hollywood First. Produced SONY's 2006 OFFICIAL FIFA WORLD CUP FILM in Germany directed by Michael Apted starring Pierce Brosnan. Recently Executive Produced NETFLIX animated hit film ANIMAL CRACKERS starring Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Danny DeVito, Sylvester Stallone & Sir Ian McKellen. (ANIMAL CRACKERS 2 - Coming Soon). Stepper is closely affiliated with 101 Studios (YELLOWSTONE, FOUR SIXES) Globestepper also has a first look television deal with Tom Foreman's Terminal B Studio (MTV's Catfish, Guy's Grocery Games, The Great Food Truck Race) and is currently producing PURSUIT OF GREATNESS alongside Forman. Currently producing ACCIDENTES with Tucker Tooley (WE ARE THE MILLERS, LIMITLESS) starring Ice Cube. Currently producing untitled Academy Award Nominated Ron Shelton (BULL DURHAM, TIN CUP, WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP) baseball project and TRADESHOW directed by Walt Becker (Van Wilder, Old Dogs) Producing with childhood friend Andrew Panay (WEDDING CRASHERS, PAY IT FORWARD, SERENDIPITY).
Created and Operated the RELATIVITY MEDIA Entertainment Marketing Joint Venture - MADVINE (where Madison Avenue meets Hollywood). Utilizing the Film (over $20billion in Box Office), TV (35 TV shows on the air), Sports (#1 Sports Agency in the USA), Digital, Music, Fashion assets of RELATIVITY MEDIA to create brand love. Executed landmark entertainment deals with Evian, Absolut Vodka and Mondelez (Oreo).