Jonas Tempel

Jonas Tempel served as Co-Founding Partner & General Partner at Rokk3r Fuel ExO. He began his entrepreneurial journey by founding Factory Design Labs, Inc in 1996. In 2002, he joined with friends to incubate a new venture aimed at disrupting the record store retail model. In January 2004 the team proudly launched Beatport.com which permanently altered the global retail landscape. From 2002-2010 Jonas served as founding partner, CEO and Chairman. Beatport was sold in 2013 to SFX for $60 million. Upon leaving Beatport, Jonas was recruited to Los Angeles to help design and implement the initial strategic foundation of Beats Music, a sub brand of Beats Electronics or better known as Beats by Dre. Beats Electronics was sold in 2014 to Apple for $3.2 billion. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design from Colorado State University.