Kyle Hjelmeseth is the Founder and President of top-tier talent management agency G&B, which houses both the College of Influence and the Normalize Equality initiative. A self-made minority business owner, Hjelmeseth brings the full extent of his experience living as a half black, half white male to his work building media momentum around 

messages of diversity and inclusivity with his trademark solutions-driven attitude. Under his leadership, G&B has successfully re-invented the talent management world with integrity while creating a refreshingly diverse company culture, serving more than 80 exclusive clients with a powerfully inclusive ethos that transforms influencers into influential people. Hjelmeseth grew up in small-town America among a population of just 3,000. One of the few students to attend college, Hjelmeseth traveled the farthest for his degree in Communications and Public Relations from Purdue University. The story of G&B began in 2012 when Hjelmeseth reached out to Honey & Silk blogger Stephanie Liu to partner on a campaign. The two struck up a friendship and, in 2014, Hjelmeseth officially signed on as Liu’s manager, helping to quadruple her blog income while simultaneously serving as Associate Director for Chloe+Isabel. In 2017, newly married to Liu and representing a steady clientele of 12-15 influencers whom he helped make a living blogging, he jumped into G&B full-time.