
OTAON Artist Group is an independently global talent and entertainment company located in Irvine, CA, USA.
OTAON Artist Group was founded in 2020 when an Artisan, Farmer, Merchant, and Soldier came together to revolutionize the Entertainment Industry.
We operate across all industries including: Music, Fashion, Film & TV, Literary, Culinary, Influencers, Real Estate Investment Trusts, Venture Capital, Artist Royalty Exchange, Libraries, Enterprises, Digital Media Companies, Aviation, Mining, and Many More.
OTAON Artists Group
Positioned at the nexus of talent, content, brands, technology, sports, and live events, OTAON creates limitless opportunities for the storytellers, trendsetters, icons, and thought leaders who shape popular culture.
Across film, television, music, sports, digital media, marketing, and beyond, we represent thousands of the world’s leading actors, directors, writers, producers, musical artists, comedians, authors, athletes, coaches, broadcasters, teams, leagues, chefs, designers, fashion talent, consumer brands, and more.
In service of them, we are committed to remaining the strongest, most vibrant, and most innovative service company in the world.
Since our founding in 2020, OTAON has continued to deliver on its promise that every client is represented by the whole agency. This collaborative approach benefits our clients now more than ever, as they look to build their careers and their brands across multiple disciplines and platforms.
With a global network of employees and strategic partners in North America, Europe, Asia, and beyond, OTAON taps its unequaled internal and external ecosystem of experts, relationships, access, and industry intelligence to help ensure that our clients achieve their goals.
The trailblazer of the industry, OTAON has created an ever-widening scope of services and businesses.
It is also our goal to lead the way in diversity, advocating with marketplace buyers for talent from historically underrepresented groups – and for the cultural and commercial value of inclusion. OTAON continues to increase the diversity of our talent roster and our employees, and always will.
With a passion matched only by that of our clients, OTAON is committed to crafting precedent-setting deals and building new brands and businesses driven by our clients’ ideas, interests, and opportunities.

OTAON Artist Group CEO
CEO of OTAON Artist Group
Jamal Hansen who has come a long way from his humble beginnings in Iowa. An authentic storyteller, who has studied and worked beside the Groundlings, Second City, and UCB Theater, as well as MadTV Executive Producer John Crane.
After playing College Football in Iowa under Jesse Montalto, he attended Concordia University, where he studied English Literature.
- English Literature underneath Dr. John Norton, Dr. Bryan Santin, Dr. Camelia Ragniharu, Dr. Toni Morrison, Dr. Phillip Broadbent and Dr. Kerry Tom.
- Theology underneath Dr. Joel Oesch, and Dr. Paul Elliot.
- Sociology underneath Dr. Peter Berger, Dr. Erving Goffman.
- Adlerian Individual Psychology underneath Ichrio Kishim.
- Logothearpy underneath Dr. Viktor Frankl.
- Classical Languages including Latin & Biblical Greek underneath Dr. CJ Armstrong and Dr. Mark Brighton.
- Lessons in Elocution underneath William Scott.
- He has been mentored in REIT's by his Attorney/Broker/Property Manager Andrew Yonce J.D Columbia Law.
At 15 years old he started working at Burger King. His curiosity and everlasting eagerness to learn has empowered him to be able to empower others through the use of OTAON and its integrated network of companies.
He confidently believes in the power of the media and the impact that it had on him was tremendous. As a child growing up in Fort Dodge, IA the media is what fueled his hopes and dreams and kept them alive.
3 Books to Read
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
by Dr. Steven Covey
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The Courage To Be Disliked
by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi
(Intro into Adlerian Psychology)
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Think And Grow Rich
by Napoleon Hill
"Shabbat, Shalom, My friends!"