Max Cutler

Max Cutler (born December 31, 1990) is an American entrepreneur, creator, investor, producer and businessman best known for cofounding the podcast Studio Parcast in 2016 with his father, the wealthy radio personality Ron Cutler. With Cutler at the helm, Parcast has launched some of the most popular and highly-ranked weekly, podcasts, specializing in popular genres like mystery, true crime, pop culture, wellness and history. After three years of exponential growth, Spotify acquired Parcast in 2019. Cutler maintains his role as head of the studio, revolutionizing the podcast space and delivering hit after hit. Most recently featured on Fortune 40 Under 40, Forbes 30 Under 30 and The Hollywood Reporter's 35 Rising Executives Under 35 lists, Cutler shows no sign of slowing down, taking on additional responsibility as Spotify’s Head of New Content Initiatives. Parcast continues to lead the Podcast industry in global growth with over 140 adaptations, in eight different languages, and will continue its expansion into new markets in the future. Cutler was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended Viewpoint School, a nondenominational school in Calabasas, California. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance and entrepreneurship from the University of Arizona in 2013. Cutler's father, Ron Cutler, is a veteran radio broadcaster, who went by the name Ron Diamond. Ron started Cutler Productions, a radio syndication company in the 1980s. Max has cited his father as having a huge influence on his career and life. In June 2016, Max Cutler co-founded the podcasting Studio Parcast with his father, Ron Cutler. While, he has cited podcast Serial by Sarah Koenig as an inspiration his vision has been to produce high quality content on a weekly basis as opposed to seasonally. Four years later, Parcast's scope has expanded into a variety of additional genres, including: True Crime, pop culture, mystery, science fiction, and history genres as well as fictional audiodramas like Mind's Eye (2018).