# Russell Simmons, Managing Director > Russell Simmons, Managing Director. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/russell-simmons (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Littleton, US · Angel # Russell Simmons Managing Director Follow Russell Simmons and see their new rounds in your feed. [Sign up free](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fperson%2Frussell-simmons) Latest rounds - **Taplet** Seed · $1M Apr 2015 - **Global Grind** Series A Sept 2006 Backs *Hardware & Electronics* *Media* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 2 last Apr 2015 - **Filings:** 2 with regulators - **Books:** 3 written What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them - ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator - **Linked to a firm** No firm on record - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=russell-simmons)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=russell-simmons) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 2 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $1M - **Active:** 2006–15 2015 - [Taplet](https://millionrounds.com/company/taplet) *Seed* **$1M** *US* Apr 2015 Joined · +2 investors · historical 2006 - [Global Grind](https://millionrounds.com/company/global-grind) *Series A* *US* Sept 2006 Joined · historical By stage - Seed **1** - Series A **1** What they backed Hardware & Electronics **1** Media **1** Alongside - [Michael Levine *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-levine) - [Michael Rubin *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-rubin) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **GG DIGITAL INC.** Director, Promoter since 2012 - SEC Form D · Company raising **GG DIGITAL INC** Director, Promoter on 4 filings · since 2009 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Their books - Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success Russell Simmons · 2007 3.97 from 1,024 ratings on Goodreads About the book A prominent hip-hop entrepreneur draws on the experiences and life lessons from his successful career to counsel readers on how to achieve personal and professional happiness and empowerment, in a guide that features such wisdom as "Never change for the mainstream" and "There… On AmazonListen on Audible - Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All Russell Simmons · 2010 3.92 from 1,008 ratings on Goodreads About the book The visionary entrepreneur and author of the New York Times bestseller Do You! delivers a powerful guide to true abundance. Russell Simmons knows firsthand that wealth is rooted in much more than the stock market. True wealth has more to do with what's in your heart than what's… On AmazonListen on Audible - Life and Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, + God Russell Simmons · 2001 3.79 from 436 ratings on Goodreads About the book Russell Simmons, the original and eternal hip-hop mogul, is one of the most innovative and influential figures in modern American business and culture. When no one outside of inner-city New York had even heard of hip-hop, Simmons saw the seeds of a global force that would change… On AmazonListen on Audible - Find the books for what you are building, or how you invest. [Open the Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list) As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. ## Find people like Russell Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)