Sutton Michael
Creative Director @ SBE
- Role
- Creative Director at sbe Lifestyle Hospitality
- Location
- West Hollywood, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sutton Michael
Michael Sutton brings three decades of multi disciplinary serial entrepreneurial experience as a restaurateur & night life architect in the Beverly Hills area where he was born and raised. This former Daytime Emmy Nominated Actor (ABC’s General Hospital) praised for his critically acclaimed performance of STONE CATES the first character to die of AIDS on national television, was originally groomed in Public Relations by his father Joe Sutton, a legendary Hollywood publicist (Burt Reynolds, Patty Duke, David Lynch, Miramax, Oprah Winfrey). Michael branched out to create “brandSUTTON,” a restaurant and night club niche brand marketing company second to none in leveraging relationships with celebrities and pop culture influencers and is arguably responsible for shaping the nightlife in Los Angeles. Xenii, a traveling private members only club and Guys & Dolls to name a couple. Over the course of his hospitality career, In addition to promoting, owning and operating restaurants and night clubs, Michael has successfully identified unique underdeveloped opportunities and has gentrified parts of the city. His journey to date has formulated a mantra to perpetuate success.’be as prepared and strong as the favorite, but as tenacious, hustling, hungry, unassuming and humble as the underdog.Mr. Sutton is a licensed luxury real estate agent with The Beverly Hills Estates,( Founders Williams and Williams) having over $6B in home sales. Michael is co-founder of OS Petro. Michael is a Paladec honorary award recipient for his African global initiatives. Michael helped create a scholarship charity in his late Father’s namesake The Joe Sutton scholarship. Michael and his wife Kristina own and design a luxury fashion brand @Lakrisbrand and enjoy hiking in the canyons above their West Hollywood home.
Experience
Creative Director
Apr 2026 — Present · Beverly Hills, CA, US
Education
Cal State Northridge
Bachelors, Film Production
1988 — 1992
Skills
- Television
- Event Management
- After Effects
- Entertainment
- Social Media Marketing
- Listings
- Integrated Marketing
- Marketing Strategy
- Film Production
- Social Media
- Event Planning
- Marketing
- Advertising
- Video
- Entrepreneurship
- Online Advertising
- Digital Media
- Viral Marketing
- Business Strategy
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