Leadership & Talent

This Former Prisoner Went From Running a Drug Empire to Leading a Creative Agency

Vincent Bragg's ConCreates employs creatives with criminal backgrounds

From prisoner to agency creator.
Vincent Bragg went from behind bars to creating buzz. Kaba Abdul-Fattaah

By Minda Smiley

October 7, 2019

Vincent Bragg was still in prison when he came up with the idea for ConCreates, a creative agency network that’s staffed by current and formerly incarcerated individuals.

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Minda Smiley
@Minda_Smiley minda.smiley@adweek.com Minda Smiley is deputy Agencies editor at Adweek.
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