TROY CARTER: FIRED BY LADY GAGA AND LOVING IT
This helps explain why, as Gaga rose to fame, Carter methodically prepared to live without her. He doesn't put it that way; he speaks of diversification, of curiosity, of building a stronger business. But that's what it is. He's an investor in more than 50 startups, from Uber to Dropbox, and has elevated himself to a fixture in the tech scene, now one of the best human bridges between the complicated frenemies of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. He's acquired heady titles like Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow and UN Foundation Global Entrepreneurs Council member. He earned a reputation as a branding genius for his work with Gaga, but like any megasuccessful manager, he was bolstered by her once-in-a-lifetime talent. Now that he isn't known as Gaga's manager, he's ready to be known for something else--but right now that "something else" is a patchwork of things, each promising in its own right, but not yet a revival.
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