Dom Smales - Gleam Futures

[bubbletea123]

I wasn't sure where to put this thread so feel free to move it if there is a better section.

On the Zoella thread, we mentioned Dom so I thought he deserved a thread.

I am not sure why but since the beginning he has given me creepy vibes. Does anyone know what he did before Gleam? He sure got lucky with Zoella his cash cow. I feel like he has taken advantage of a lot of people. Many of his clients started off big but have never grown up and seem to have a lot of problems.

 

[Yel]

He certainly knew when to sell off gleam right at the top before brands started to see how much better value small to medium accounts were and Zoellas money making ability plummeted.

He was friends with the, less than delightful, pixiwoo sisters who I believe asked him to manage them and gleam futures was born. I guess he was already managing people before then?

I think he gave funding and "consulting services" for lots of side projects with the gleam "talent" like alfie deyes merch shop and Zoella products in exchange for being a major stakeholder. But eventually he was cut out of these.

Dom smales was on a documentary telling bare faced lies about gleam futures and how they go above and beyond the law and how frustrating it is that other talent agencies flounce then

 

[Yel]

Is anyone else finding the goodbye Dom messages from influencers a tad OTT now he's out of there after the handover period: "Possibly the best human being around" I can think of other people that have done far more for humanity

 

[Sabbie]

I don’t think he’d step away from continuing to earn silly amounts of money for very little input. He knows it’s all going downhill fast. Let’s hope that’s the case.

 

[Lola123]

I don’t think he’d step away from continuing to earn silly amounts of money for very little input. He knows it’s all going downhill fast. Let’s hope that’s the case.

The with immediate effect makes it sound like he’s been forced to leave? It seems odd to me

 

[Sabbie]

The with immediate effect makes it sound like he’s been forced to leave? It seems odd to me

I didn’t know about that. Sounds odd indeed.

 

[Yel]

Nah it's probably all part of the handover deal when he sold it and the time required to stay on as CEO has expired.

He cashed out at the top!

 

[Lemonz]

Interested to see what he does next - from all the influencer comments none of them seem to know what hes going to do next and have all had the same info as the statement.
Normally theres scandal behind a statement that includes 'standing down immediately' as if it was a planned exit they would just have him announce hes leaving to pursue other projects and his successor would be taking over in x weeks. No reason for it to be immediately and have an interim unless he's been pushed out. Unless its family reasons like someone being severely ill, which i hope not.