Peter Mensch (born March 28, 1953) is an American music manager.[2] He started his career in music management at the age of 26, managing AC/DC. In 1982, Mensch formed the management company Q Prime with Cliff Burnstein. Their first client was Def Leppard. Q Prime manages the careers of many multiplatinum acts, including Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Muse,[3] Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, Veruca Salt, Snow Patrol, Lost Prophets and Jimmy Page.[4][5] The Financial Times has called Q Prime "one of the most admired artist management companies".[6] Early life edit Peter David Mensch was born in New York City, the eldest of three children to Martin, an attorney, and Jean Mensch, an educator. His family is Jewish. Career edit Mensch began his professional career after graduating from the University of Chicago. His first assignment was as a label manager with Blank Records in New York. Shortly thereafter, he joined mega-talent firm Leber-Krebs as a tour accountant. He worked with such acts as Aerosmith and Scorpions.[2] As a tour accountant with Aerosmith, Mensch came upon the Australian rock band AC/DC, and persuaded them to swap their previous manager, Michael Browning, for Leber-Krebs. Mensch was assigned to manage the band as his first client; he was 26 years old.[6][8] Personal life edit Mensch married Su Wathan, former girlfriend of Gary Numan, in 1981. They later divorced. He has three children by his second wife, Melissa Meyer, whom he married in 1990, cheated on, and divorced in 2010.[1] On February 17, 2011, in a Manhattan courthouse, he married his third wife, Louise Mensch, former member of British Parliament,[12] despite their political differences (Louise alleges that Peter is a communist).[13][1] Louise subsequently became widely known in the U.S. for her reporting and speculation about connections between the Trump administration and the Russian government.[13] The two split up in 2017 and divorced in 2019.[citation needed] Mensch currently lives in Manhattan.[3][14