Billboard Publishes Its 2026 Top Business Managers List

Billboard has published its 2026 Top Business Managers list, and three of the people on it run firms that look after the money of performers. The list appeared on 9 November 2026. Among those named are Reggie Gooden, founder and chief executive of 360 Business Management, Belva Anakwenze of Abacus Financial Business Management, and Tate Henshaw, co-founder of ARC Business Management.

Billboard says the honourees were nominated by their own firms and by their peers in the industry. The final selection was made by Billboard's editors. That two-step process means the people on the list were first put forward by others who work in the same field, then judged by the magazine's staff.

For readers who have not met the job before, a business manager is the person an artist hires to keep track of income and spending. The work can include setting budgets, paying bills and staff, planning for tax, and checking that payments due under contracts actually arrive. A performer's earnings can come in from record sales, streaming, touring, merchandise and publishing at the same time, and someone has to keep those figures in order.

Business managers rarely appear in the headlines. Most of their work happens out of view, in spreadsheets and phone calls about invoices and schedules. A published list gives that work a public name, and for the three people named here, a place in Billboard's 2026 coverage.

The full list is on Billboard's website, where readers can see every name on it.