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“My passion is music and purpose is mental health.”

BEN KORBEL / FOUNDER + CEO
Meet the founder
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FOUNDER

FOUNDER + CEO / UNIVERSAL MIND

Ben
Korbel

bachelor of economics | government relations [university of sydney]

Ben Korbel

In 2001 Ben Korbel was voted Australia’s #1 DJ and then spent a decade working and performing in Ibiza. Ben owned and was managing director of multiple national youth music festivals for upwards of 60,000 people. He co‑founded creativity schools for at risk youth and owned digital agencies. Ben volunteered running electronic music making and meditation programs for homeless youth.

Ben is now building Universal Mind, an entertainment, technology and mental health company, together as one.

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THE MISSION

For nearly twenty years, Ben Korbel has been observing the intersection of music, culture, technology and mental health.

The technologies have changed, but the mission remains the same:

can we use technology to better understand people and connect them with more meaningful support?

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PREVIOUS WORK

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